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October 12 , 1854 .
ERASTUS
SNOW.
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RESIDENCE.
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LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS AND THE DARKNESS COMPREHENDETH IT
ST. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1854.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Correspondence of Ih® Turk Horsld.
Important from Mexico. — Santa Anna on his
Last Legs.
Acapulco, Oct,, 23, 1854.
The following has been received here from the
:ity of Mexico, per Judge Rose, bearer of dispatch-
^ • l . ■ J . 1 pKilnnnomm
.ccpo. Owing to a demonstra-
16th of Sept., by the people
From Ihc Ctocinuw Commend.
’ / N UTAH AMD THE MORMONS.
Messrs. Editors.— I have noticed going the
rounds of the papers, several extracts from a book
entitled Utah and the Mormons,” written by B.
G. Fiaais, late Secretary of the Treasury of 11 tali;
in which he denounces the people as disloyal in their
feelings towards the general government, anti guilty
of every atrocity, known in tne annals of crime. —
He has not given them credit of a single redeeming
quality, but charges them with universal depravity.
He deals largely in such expressions as the loilow-
mg: "Arrogant religious pretensions;” " frighllul
licentiousness ; " “ general license to plunder ;
“ degredation deep and abiding ; ” “ gross sensual-
ity;” 11 base literalism and materialism;” See.,' Ike.
He also indulges in harsh personal epithets, against
individuals lie seldom or ever saw. He has indeed
manifested some little charity in the ackuowedge-
meut of •* polite and kind auentions,” on a part ol a
few individuals, and “ friendly courtesy " on die part
ous pleasures as part ot one s religion ; -when scat-
tered throughout boundless space lie the vast indica-
tions of the Almighty’s determination to furnish ma-
terials for those pleasures whether they are loved or
not. The conclusion that I draw from all tins, is, if
God can be a heavenly-minded being, (and all ac-
knowledge that He is,) and yet lrom day to day,
year to year, age to age, thus be mixed up in eartlny
pursuits, mechanical operations, incessantly construct-
ing and reconstructing, working an. dst such gross
elements as worlds, with their atmospheres, seas,
and mhahitants, and suffer no pollution, lose nothing
of His spiritual qualities, then may a Latter-day
Saint hope to have a heavenly nnnd, and his religion
be of a spiritual character, even though it should lead
him to seek to go to the same extent, proport ionably,
1 in worldly-minded operations for his own increase,
blessing, power, anu glory, us those in winch his
Maker is so eternally employed : lor “ Mormons
cannot be so far wrong in following in His track —
He making, and they loving after it is made ; He
1 1"' masterly hand in forms ol beauty,
- — — *-j coloring, and materials lor grandeur and
magnificence, and they desiring to possess what He
excellently to adorn, for
powers, and the most “ worldly-minded Mormon."
in existence, would be perfectly saitisfied 1
Seeing, then, that revelation and the sensuous re-
ligion of the " Mormons” walk so agreeably side
by Side, we turn to Nature’s Revelation, for as the
Book of Doctrine and Covenants says, “ after a rev-
elation of Jesus Christ, the works of creation,
throughoui their vast forms and varieties, clearly ex-
hibit His eternnl power and Godhead,” (Lees, on
Faith, ii. 4. ) and also reveal the character and per-
sons of the Deity ; and these are very important to
trace, for Fit certainly is a heavenly-minded being.
Then fearlessly we put our worldly-minded princi-
ple along side of His works and ask where, among
all the works of nature, is there one that does not
preach a sermon on the spirituality of a sensuous re-
ligion; for they are all the woiks of a spiritual be-
ing, and of course they will reveal what u spiritual
mind can love, and be incessently employed in at-
tending to, without losing a portion of its spirituality;
they are all the works of One probating not in time,
and therefore uncramped by the littleness which at-
tends men’s notions even u! the Great and Holy One
inhabiting Eternity ; therefore, an inspection of them
flic *t. toms luimnarj,
Ik vutr i u»„ Science, Religion, General Intelligence anil
News of the llav.
The following has been
ea, J who was detained twelve days in Chiipanoingo
by the government troops,
lion made on the 12— — . . .
against the present administration, and which the
soldiers were unable to suppress, and also to the vic-
tories on the Rio Grande ol the Alvarez parly, his
serene highness Santa Anna has removed, with a
strong furce, to Tacubaya. His seven millions are
nearly exhausted, and his troops will revolt as soon
as he stops payment. The spirit of revolution has
spread throughout the entire republic, and it is cur-
rently reported that Santa Anna cannot hold out six-
ty days longer. His sereqe highness has quar-
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exhibiting His
exquisite (
has been good enough so
their happiness and pleasure.
What a farce to talk of the grossness of a sensu-
ous religion, when man cannot exist as man, nor
Deity ns God, without the senses, through which all
intelligence is gamed and power developed; for take
sight, hearing, taste, smelling, and feeling away trom
man, ami where is the man! Imagine up a Deity
deficient of all these powers, and you have imagined
up something destitute of all “spiritual” qualities, its
sensuous jxtwers must be the basis of spirituality.
tV hat intelligence have you on any one subject,
heavenly or earthly, thui you did not gain tlirough
your senses? Do you love God? Your love came
tiirough hearing of His goodness, or seeing the mnn-
ifestatiou thereof before your eyes. Huve you laith
in Christ’? Your faith came by hearing. Do you
love your fellow man? The knowledge ot their ex-
istence came through the medium of your senses, 1
before which knowledge you of course could not love
them; and that you should love them, wus made plain
tiirough the same medium. Huve you heavenly
compassion or God-like charity burning within your
breast? You would have neither one nor the other
hut for yoirr senses; for you could not have love, com-
passion, churity, mercy, anger, for anything you
never saw, heard of, or fell. Then if religion be
the exercise of the above, and similar qualities or
principles, sensuous powers must be the basis of ail
religion ; for it is their existence that has made the
necessity for any religion at ail ; for were there not
creatures existing, beside yoursell, endowed with
Mu?vu,ii«fnwr«. there would be nothing in the uni-
verse that would need or rnro whether you oxer-
ciscd religious qualities or not.
Thus the simplest form of reasoning gives the
death blow to the notion, that seasuousness and spirit-
uality are so far apart ; for as seen above, sensuous
powers made religion necessary in the first instance,
and keep it so now. And this will apply to a fu-
ture slate; the senses must exist there, or there will
be no love ; for none will know of the existence of
God or one another ; there will he no happiness nor
intelligence ; for the channels for liotli would be
stopped! How would you like, good Christian, to
he condemned to enjoy a heavenly half hour, with-
out one of your five senses left? Do you think yon
would rail against a sensuous religion uiterwards?
Now as to a heaven made up alter the popular
notion of praise and prayer, I would ask, supposing
you got to such u heaven, what could you pruise or
pray for, after rejecting all thut had or could come
tiirough a sensuous medium? I certainly think you
would not have much more than the boy who got
through that remarkable piece of aritlunetic, when
will reveal wlint we may fuirly expect to he the char-
acter of our works and pursuits, when we, in the
popular sense, are in eternity also.
Does God love beautiful shapes and colors? Let
us ask, as they form the basis of much that is sensu-
ous. Co stand beside the peacock, displaying above
hi arched back a host of golden clouds and setting
suns ,n miniature, then you may learn. Go gather
roses, or behold a tulip bed, tinted with such heav-
enly art, nicety, and perfection ; look at the golden
backs of the watery tribe, or the silver crested, gem
decked, spangled breasts of the birds of hotter climes
limn ours; or dive to the ocean’s bed, and bring up its
pearly shells; and you will learu that not only does
God exhibit a most decided taste and love for beuu-
tiful colors, m objects on the surface ol the earth, hut
that "myriad fathoms deep, down on old ocean s
puveineiz stones,” are found the proofs that, spirit-
ually minded us Jehovah is, lie loves well harmo-
nized lints and shades.
Does he love elegance in shape? The crested
swan, triumphing m matchless curves and lines of
beauty, would say so; the noble horse, built with
such symmetry und well-proportioned grace, would
touch the same. Then turn to inau, observe his per-
iod form — the painter’s study, that he may learn
what is beautiful in shape — und ask. Then seek
the Rowers of earth, so full of grace and bcuuty; nay,
the commonest green leaf would prove my pouit, — I
think from this alone we can gutlier, in the attention
to form, proofs that God would be more offended
i 'em pleased were he charged with being sc spirit-
ually-minded that he lounu it inconsistent to main-
tain a love for such carnal things as forms or shapes.
Docs God love grandeur or magnificence? Fie
Thu idea thut opr opposers hold seems to be, that 1
it is not •' heavenly-minded," nor consistent with a t
'■ spiritual religion," to let the thoughts lie employed t
nil such ideas as urt- suggested by the material tail- i
mlile works ol God ; but that we should have a re- !
fur.on isolated entirely from such gross matters as i
v ariii. us fruits, flowers, and landscapes; mechanic- i
al oi artistical pursuits; and huve communion with i
one's ( itxl inspirit.; ami abort; all, never think ol i
■ at rung such ideas into eternity, where doubtless
all; these carnal things will he forgotten, and nothing
hut praise and prayer employ the mind.
N.nv dear friends where did you get the idea
that a Godly life ought to separate you from pleasures
derived from inspection or possesion of the beauti-
ful. material, tangible blessings of earth; or thut
your religion would suffer in its heavenly mind-
ness. if it engrafted a promise of such blessings on
the condition of a righteous life ? Did you get it
from Abraham, who loved and obeyed that he might
pltu'in promises of blessings pertaining to this earth ?
Or .‘>om his God who rewarded his righteousness
with a promise of fruitful lands, and a numberless
posterity to eniov them? Perhaps you got it from
Jacob, who. when u'png, instead of giving up his
worldly notions, and thinking’ about death and etern-
ity, sm 'in his last breath in promising all the tempo-
ral blessinffs he could well think ol to his deccnd-
ant. 5 . Of course if you did feci shocked at such a
scene you doubtless prayed, “ Let me not die like
Jacob, let not my last end be like his.”
• Let us“ look unto Jesus the author and finisher ol
our faith," and see if we can trace in him notions of
worldly pomp and grandeur. F list ol ail, his moth-
er bore him believing he should sit on David's throne,
so that- his worldly notions were bom with him. —
No wonder, then, we hear him on the Mount sur-
rounded bv the multitude, leading them on to right-
eousness with this worldly-minded argument —
“ Blessed are die meek, for they shall inherit the
earth ! " Why did not he say .blessed are the meek,
for they shall have a heaven, where all sensuous
pleasures sliaii be extinct ; and call on the multitude
io say. Amen ? Hear him again, “ working on the
minds of the ignorant by promises of worldly hles-
mgs,” saying, “ There is no nmn that hath left
house, or brethren, or sisters, or lather, or mother,
or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake and the
Gospel’s, but shall receive an hundred fold now in
this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, ami
mothers, and children and lands, with persecutions,
and iu the world to come eternal Hie.’ (Mark x.
29,30.) And tell me, dear reader, what more
« an we need to convince us that the worldly minded
“ sensuous religion of the Mormons” is ns old as Je-
sus lumseif.
Hear the “worldly-minded” Paul, declaring for
himself and brethren — “ Them, who by continuance
iu well-doing,' seek for glory, honor, (two very
worldly minded principles,) linnioitality and .eternal
• life,” (Rom. iii. 17; j and further tetzchiug the
doctrine, saying the saints are to he heirs of God,
and joint heirs with Jesus Christ,” whom hedeclures
in another place to he heir to thrones, dominions,
principalities, and powers , for they were created for
Him. (Col. i. lb'.) N ow Latter-day Saints do
not go u hit further, for only give them all things,
glory, honor, thrones, dominions, principalities, and
A Rich Letter. — The Troy Daily Times states
that a clergyman of that city married a young couple
one evening Inst week. After the ceremony was
performed, one of the groomsmen slyly handed the
reverend gendeman die following note, containing a
ten dollar bill us his “ fee ” for tying the knot
“My Vjery Dear Sir: — You did me up brown
this morning, and I tiiank you for the very agreeable
inuiiner in which you performed the service of either
rendering me one of the happiest or one of the most
miserable and unfortunate of beings. 1 sincerely
trust aad believe die former will be the case. My
wife, dial is, Mrs. , is also duly grateful for
your instrumentality in making her what she has so
long desired to be — a wile ; but she says she don’t
care a flip whether she’s happy or not— -ahe’s got a
man now, and that is enough.
“Please accept die enclosed $10 bill. The tight-
ness of the money market prevents a heaver remit-
tance. I will, however, enter into an arrangement
with you. My wife and myself intend to see what
can be done in die way of assisting along Barnaul's
baby show next summer. If we get the prize we’ll
divide the profits with you.
“Yours, matrimonially, ■"
he took something from nothing and found that
nothing remained ; so that your heaven would he a
perfect blank, and on diut account I would advise
you not to go there. But if you love prayer or praise,
seek for a “Mormon’s" heaven on a glorified earth,
where every living creature, from the amnialcul® in
the water drop, to man, the noblest Work of God,
each and all snail furnish ten thousand causes for
praise and prayer, on account of the ten thousand,
luiy, numberless ways in winch Jehovah has shown
His willingness to minister to their senuous pleas-
ures. — [Millenial Star.
lace? How many myriads of beauteous insects are
never seen by man? — a ( solitary one is cuught and
killed that it may he wondered at. Go ill the des-
ert, where man is never expected, or cannot subsist
if he goes; the jungle, where the lion and the tiger
have it all their own way ; and even the mountain's
top, where man can scarcelv e’er ascend ; these will
furnish the evidences of God's love for beauty and
form. Why half the workmanship of God is scarcely
seen until the destruction of some of its parts reveals
how wondrously it was put together. Then God
does not work that man alone may admire and be
gratified ; but because He finds it a consequence of
His vast intelligence to love the beautiful, and there-
fore He perpetuates it in all His works.
Thus, dear reader, I think you will see we can-
not move our eyes but fresh proofs greet us of the
worldly-mindedness of God; for earth, air, and seas
swarm with testimonies of His endeavors to promote
in us a love for the beautiful in shape, die delicious
in taste, and the flagrant in perfume. The breeze
wafts proof to ihe olfactory organs, the light conveys
proof to the eyes, the aunosphere furnishes proof for
(lie satisfaction of the ears; nay, the whole man re-
ceives fresh impression of diis lact in every exertion
or use that he makes of any of his powers.
Who employs himself wheeling world round
world, lighting them up with luminiferous powers, to
gratify possibly the powers of taste, hearing, smell,
and sight of millions on dieir surfaces, after first en-
NEW TORS MORALS.
We give up more than our usuui space to full ac-
counts of the immense swindling operations in New
York, now daily coming to light, and by which New
York life is illustrated. According to the Herald,
some body has been swindled to the tune ol over
eleven millions ot dollars within liie last ninety days,
by fraudulent issues of slocks of various kmds, und
it is not surprising that a panic should follow. Is
there any body in New York wno is honest ? Cer-
tainly the gamblers m stocks make a very poor show
in tliis way — die Vicksburg gamblers of old were
princes of honesty compared widi them — and the
corruption may be supposed le extend to all other
classes. W e observe that a merchant, ol very re-
spectable pretensions, has just been detected in at-
tempting to tire his store, not for the benefit ol any
insurance upon it, but to avoid exposure on account
of inability to deliver bales of cotton which he ought
to have had in store, hut had not; and for two weeks
or more, one of the Courts of that city has been oc-
cupied in the trial of a divorce case, the parties to
which belong to upper tenduin, and in the course of
which a vast amount of depravity and profligacy was
charged and exhibited against each party. The
crisis of rascality may come alter a while in New
York, but we see nothing like it yet. — [N. Y. Pa-
A Novel Prosecution. — A gentleman at
Green h arms, Conn., lately left the Methodist and
joined the Congregational Church. In his new
place of worship, says the Springfield Repub-
lican, he found it difficult to repress those out-
bursts of religious feelings which were allowable
with the sect he had left, and was quite often guil-
ty of the impropriety of “ speaking out in meeting,"
to th£ great annoyance of his new brethren. He
was labored with affectionately upon the subject, •
and it was no use, — the occasional “ Amen ! " and
“ Glory to God ! ” would slip out inspite of bis teeth.
He was finally prosecuted for shouting “ Glory to
God ! ” under the influence of a stirring discourse,
and was fined three dollars and costs, the costs
amounting to ten dollar*. In the complaint against
him he was accused of “ disturbing religious war-
ship.” ,
His Doom. — The man who runs down the girls,
speaks ill of the married women, and throws a quid
of tobacco into the contribution box and takes out &
penny to buy more, tan never expect peace in this
Woman’s Rights. — A few mornings since, as
we were passing down Pearl street, we saw ap-
S roaching us a good-hearted looking chap, but evi-
ently having partaken too freely from the rum cask.
We were just thinking whether or not we should
expostulate with him, when up came his loving
spouse with a handful of black mud, which 3he not
only dashed in his face and eyes, but rubbed it in,
and, without a word, walked away, seeming to feel
relieved of a duty discharged. The poor fellow re-
ceived it with a calmness beautiful to look upon, un-
doubtedly recognizing the hand, as he passed on,
not even looking to see from whom it came, or utter-
ing a murmuring word. — [Tribune. ,
Wives. — Women should be acquainted that no
beauty has any charms but the inward one of the
mind ; and that a gracefulness in their manners is
much more engaging than that of their person ; that
modesty and meekness are the true and lasting orn-
aments ; tor she that has these is qualified as she
ought to be far the management of a family, for the
education of children, for an affection of her hus-
band, and submitting to a prudent way of living.
These only are the charms that render wives amia-
ble, and give them the best title to our respect.
penny to buy more, can never expect peace in mis
world, and never wiiL Bedbugs, niusquitos, and
hobgoblins of a guilty conscience will haunt him’ on
bis way to that well headed prison, where convicts
are fed on cinders and aquafortis soup, and are
allowed no other amusement than to set and pick
their teeth with a red hot poker through all eternity.
A boy called a doctor to visit his father, who had
the delirium tremens; not rightly remembering the
name of the disease, he called it the devil’s trem-
bles — making bad Latin, but gcod English.
Hint. — When a young man uses strong drinki
even in the smallest degree, girls do not marry him,
lor if you do you will come to poverty and rags.
Short way or getting a Divorce. — The Al-
bany (N. Y.) Argus says that the following notice
appears in a German newspaper of that city:
“As iny husband, Joseph Rentz, lias left me with-
out any provocation, and 1 have seen nothing of him
this last year past, I hereby declare that unless he
returns in three days from tliis date, I shall take it
as a divorce and marry again immediately.
’Tis only small dogs who hark ; so with men ; the
smaller a man’s calibre, the more noise he makes.
Of Co crsb.— Punch says that the reason way
editors ore so apt to have their manners spoiled, ifl
because they receive from one correspondent and
another such a vast number of evil communications. ■ -
• - ’ ’
Schism has been caused in the Lutheran Churcn,
in Maryland, by the agitation of the question, as to
whether an Odd Fellow can be a good Christian.
ST. LOUIS LUMINARI— WEDNESDAY, JiOVEMBEE 22, 1854.
(f ornsjoiitourr tf t|e % umbwrg
done all in their power to hinder the spread of the Gospel,
anil the Lord reward them acaqrding Iso their works.
Be assured I have sought diligently, -with all the wisdom
the Lord has given mo, to do this wicked people good, and
I truly have been blessed of the Lord, and have sowed much
seed, having put out $45 worth of hooks, some of which
have gone by sea on various ships ; some to Scotland, from
those I had baptized ; they sending them by mail to their
Mors Baptisms. — Summary of Correspondence.
Hon. S. M. Blair, late U. : S. Attorney for Utah,
is now preaching the Gospel with much success in
Texas. He lias met with many warm friends, and
many equally warm enemies, from whom he has
experienced much opposition and personal threats,
but he b»t f hitherto triumphed over them all.
He writes under date of Nov. 24th from Port Sul-
livAn in Milan county, Texas, that lie has a circuit of
fifty miles round, has baptized many, and has or-
ganized a thriving branch of the church at Port Sul-
ivan, and made good beginnings in several other
places. Elder McGaw has rendered him much as-
sistance of late, but was about to start tor his field of
(Tbc “>t. fonts fnmurarg.
ST? LOUIS, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1851
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Jp PROSPECT OP MORMON WAR.
Mu. Editor:— Going die rounds of several public jour-
nals, such as the Charleston Mercury, the Washington
Star, the New York Times, Albany Atlas .and Missouri
Democrat, I notice a strong disposition to get up an Anti-
Slavery, Auti- Catholic, Anti-Nebraska, and lost, but not
least. Anti- Mormon excitement. "Now whether this lat-
LIST OP AGENTS FOR THE lumixia
New Orleans, James Mcgaw.
NashviU*. Teen., H. W. Church.
Harrison courttv. Texas, William Martlndale.
Milan county, Texas, S. M. Blair.
Preaton Thomas, Traveling Agent for the South.
Cincinnati, O., Hon. Orson Spencer.
friends.
The branch now numbers eighteen members, having
lately added four persons. The elder and some of his
brethren are now at the seat of war, and have organized
a branch of eleven men in Asln, in one of the Tnrkiah
burying grounds, and named it the “Expeditionary Fore*
Branch,” and have a prospect of baptizing some of their
fellow-soldiers. The priest has got his discharge, and
had- to go to Chatham, England, to ratify the same, and
from thence he will go to Scotland oil a miasioi) to his
friends. .
I rejoice to sec the Gospel spreading from this place,
and pray that fruit may spring forth as s reward for my
arduous labors. I found 1 had lost two stones or twenty -
eight pounds in weight, and as my cheat anil head were
affected, with occasionally a pain In my side, and as the
hot weather was coming on, the Lord opening the way, 1
returned/ to England, leaving the Branch in care of a
Teacher, a faithful man.
I have the privilege of visiting some of the branches,
and some relations in Leicosterburg.
I do not despair of a work being done in Gibraltar,
though the field is small anil awfully corrupt. Any Eng-
lish brother can go now amt build on the little foundation
„ mC 111 lUll I j V/., HUH. v/ibuii
Springfield, 0., A. R. Wright.
Pittsburgh, Pa.. Be F. Winchester.
Kentucky General Agent. X M. Barlow
Keokuk. Iowa, Charles Clark. .
Philadelphia. Samuel Harrison, Poplar, below l'Zth St.
*. Anthony Winter*, Esq., North Second St-
Bluff City. Iowa, Win. H. Folsou.
Maquaketa, Iowa. J. Dslrymple,
Graving, Mo., Charles Maxwell.
Fairfield, Jnd.,John Wickel.
Alquina. Ind.. 'Stephen Golding.
Alton, 111., Heary J. Hudson.
Ccn'reville, III., James Kinney.
Lowell, Mass.. ElUklin J. Davis.
(reneral Agent for Masaachusetts, N. H. Felt.
San Jose. CaL. J. M. Horner.
San Bomiiiino. Cal., C. C. Rich.
General Agent for fiah. Hon. Z. Snow
Cedar City, I ’tab, Hon. I. C. Haight.
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is contained by Utah. If the design iff these Anti- Mor-
mon journalists is to subjugate and exterminate all Mor-
mons, as such wherever located in the United States, it is
well for Mormons to know timely about it. If the sons
of *76 have so far outgrown their father’s breeches as to
establish different casts among American citizens, con-
signing Mormons to the galling disabilities which Jews
have been compelled to endure in many countries, or to
the iron rule which ancient Patricians inflicted upon Ple-
bians ; or if they mean to nip them in the bud through ex-
cessive scruples of conscience, as the Puritans huiig and
killed the witches in New England, 1, as an humble Mor-
mon, would like to know ; and would like to hear the high-
minded men of the nation apeak out boldly and unequivo-
cally. If this nation has become so elevated in moral
purify, that forgetting their own abominations and blooil-
guiltinuss, they cannot only endorse , past acts of Anti-
Mormon cruelty, but sanction the same by a national sub-
jugation and destruction of an isolated and innocent people,
living in peaceful solitude in their own dear-bought moun-
tain home, then let them declare that this is their true
design. Certain prominent journals have, indeed, most
uumistakeably declared-this to be their design. But will
Uiis nation endorse the sentiment expressed hi the Charles-
ton Mercury, Washington Star and Missouri Democrat?
Such language savors of fanaticism doubly steeped, and
of such precocious guilt we would scarcely believe
would ever be embellished in republican type. The Mor-
mons huve never violated the first act of the laws of Oon-
If the King of G*eat Britain “ refused his assent
to lavra "passed by the colonial Legislators ; Congress
reserves to itself the same supervisory control over
territorial laws. If he “ made their J udges depend-
ant on his will alone for the tenure of their offices,
and the amount and payment of their salaries ” - — so
does Congress’ with the terriu ries. ll he “ erected
a multitude of offices, and sent hither swarms oi of-
ficers to harrass our people, and eat out their sub-
stance,” so does Congress, at least in form and not
untrequently in fart, and what else could be expec-
ted, when the high and sacred character of the Ju-
diciary is degraded at the shrine of the partyisiu and
these as well as the other territorial officers sent beg-
ging among political demagogues.
J If the colonies complained of “ taxation without
[ representation,” so can the Territories with equal
OUR PAPER.
YVe present before our readers this week the re-
sult of our first effort at publishing a newspaper. —
How do you like it ? The work is entirely new to
awkwardness of our
Us and we feel altogether the
new position.
YVe have labored under the accustonmry incon-
veniences and disadvantages, felt more or less by all
in storting a newspaper. But faulty awl deficient
as it may appear we venture to send it lorth iu the
world and humbly hope that our efforts will be ap-
preciated. However »ve feel assured that the
Saints ” and lovers of truth and justice will hail
with pleasure the appearance of tl-.e Luminary.
The world has lieen too long stocked with false-
hoods, slander misrepresentations about Mormonisin
and thq. people in Utah. Our crimes have been rep-
resented to he so great and numerous — our doings so
atrocious and vile — our proceedings so abominable
and disgusting that these statements have be-
come suicidal. They have been carried too far to
answer the ends for which they have been put forth.
It is asked enquiringly where and who has felt
all these evil influences I YVho ever knew of its
poisonous influences, or who has seen. its deadly ef-
fects upon the country ? And who knows of his
neighbor becommg u worse man, a more rebelous
and corrupt citizen, a less nueniive husband and
From ihr Doerrt New*-
SAINTS AND THE WORLD.
Great Salt Lake Pity, Sept. 20., ’50. (
Ma. Editor :• — Can a gentlemen of good reputation
ami character, not of your religious creed, be permitted
to aBHOciate with your females and enjoy the chit-chat
and sociability with them that are usual in the circles of
what may be termed good and genteel society in the
world at large ?
answer.
Jesus says : “ Ye are not of the world, but I have cho-
sen you out of the world.”
If a gentleman wishes to associate with our females,
let him repent and be baptized for the remission of his
sins. But thin alone will not insure him success, for ma-
ny have submitted themselves to the ordinance of hnp-
tism and have added damnation to themselves by hypocrit-
ically bowing themselves to certain rights and ceremonies,
with motives other than to glorify God anil save thein-
HolveH from tills untoward generation. Let these gentle-
men go forth arid preaell the Gospel to the nations, like
the Mormon Elders, without « pur* or scrip.” ' Let them
be mobbed and tared and feathcrcii, and whipped a few
times, for Christ's sake, not for their own follies, and re-
turn after a few years’ labors, clear in conscience, pure in
heart and unspotted from the world. If they cun do thess
things and endure, they may begin to associate with our
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ANOTHER GOOD MAN DEPARTED.
Elder Win. W. Major, formerly Well known to
many of the Sninta iu St. Lous, a man of exemplary
piety and untiring zeal lor the cause of God, has
finished lus earthly mission and passed within the
veil. We learn from the Milleniul Star that he died
full of faith and hope, in London, October 2d, from
an effectual of the lungs. He leaves an affectionate
family and numerous circle of friends in Salt Lake
City. “ Blessed are the deud who die in the Lord,
they shall not taste of death, for it shall be swee
unto them.”
THE BANK PANIC;
During rite week past tiie public have heed kept in
a constant state of excitement by the successive an-
nouncements over (lie wires,, of the sus]>e union of
hanks and failures of heavy business houses in the
east, north and south.
Lutor intelligence shows thnt some of these an-
nouncements have been premature, und others much
exagerated. Certain it is, howover, that the long
dreaded crisis in monetary affairs has come, and
die end thereof none can tell. Though, the west-
ern and middle States generally seem to suffer greatly
under its blighting influence, yet in no part of the
country bus iu> desolating effoou, boon oo aovoroly
felt us iu Cincinnati, where the most powerful
hankers west of the Alleghanios woro engulfed
in the general deluge.
The alarm has been so constant and general that
business has been materially imerupted iu St. Louis,
and die majority of the people look silpiciously upon
most of die paper which forms the circulation of this
our own citizens correctly to understand, und always
to keep in mind, the extremely limited range ol ^ the
powers vested in -our general government. They
ate coustuudy liable to tail into die error of fancy mg
die United Suites Government a supreme power m
die Union — an imperial sovereignty — wmle conceiv-
ing the several Suites to be merely provinces ol dtis
empire. At any rate, diey often call on Congress
for legislation which would be allowable in dial
body only upon the siuiposiuou dial Congress bears
to die people of die United States some such reluuon
as die Imperial Parliament does to Greut Britaui
and Ireland. The Cornier and Euquirer lias some
iomarks upon dtis error, in respect to several mut-
ters of political interest. Among those are the- Nat-
uralization Laws. Many supi>ose dial wlieu a muu
is naturalized ho becomes a voter, No such dung,
however. Y oting is a privilege which Congress
cannot grant — ut least in the States. About all dial
Congress confers on a man by naturalizing him is to
to tb
that
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inter
this
clotl
of the free banks of Indiana, bus called forth a no-
tice from the Bunk Commissioner at Springfield and
another from a like fiuictionary in Chicago followed
by a card from the Bankers and Broker s of Uiis
city, all of wliicli are calculated to restore confi-
dence in the Illinois Bunks. YVe publish below die
card of Mr. Maxwell, Bank Commissioner:
TO THE PUBLIC.
The undersigned feels called upon, at this time of
monetary excitement, to make a public statement for
the benefit of such persons as are not in the way of
being correctly informed ns to die value of Illinois
Bank bills of suspended Banks.
Every Bank oi this Slate, under the General
Banking Law, have deposited with the Auditor, iu
the hands of die Treasurer, good interest-paying
i 1 Kinds of the several Stales, to die full amount of
every dollar of their own bills ; and all registered
bank with another. —
Late from Utah — Summary of News
The l tali mail arrived ou the 3rd mat., bringing
us a file of Deseret News and much odier news
from that region, up to October 1st. 1 roin various
sources we loam that the L tubs and Snakes or Shos-
hones are again ut war, several sanguinary battles
having been fought in the vicinity of the settlmeiits,
with a lair prospect ol a continued series of difficul-
ties. The two Indians who were convicted of die
murde- of two boys, were publicly executed by hang-
ing on the 15th of September. Crops hnd coine in
good and wheat was selling at $2 00 per bushel,
corn and outs 50 per bushel each. There are
heavy supplies ol merchandise which are not bring-
ing unite die usual round rates. Stock was in cx-
money is equally secured, one
Those that have closed dieir doors have in no way
depreciated their security for their bills — they are of
their full valve now — - but cannot command specie
until the Auditor disposes of their bonds or securi-
ties according to law, which, is. required to lie done
immediately, at which time due notice will be given,
and the bills redeemed iu specie. No sacrifice
should lie made on Illinois Bank bills whatsoever ;
nor even suspended Banks.
P. M AXWELL, Bank Com.
Chicago, Nov. 15, 1S54.
Reception of the Troops by the Mormons.— The
Officers Refused Admittance to Female Soci-
ety.— No Mormon Com Allowed to the Gentiles.
The above is the title of an article published bv the N. Y.
Herald, and copied by Buch papers as the Intelligencer of
this city. The Herald says thol soon after tiioarriv.il of the
troops at Salt Lake, “Orson Hyde called upon the congre-
gation assembled in the Tabernacle to raise the price of
grain “on the irfrottgerr,” to which the congregation replied
Amen. In consequence of this move all the horsoB that
can be spared will be sent out to graze instead of being
; stable-fed 5 ” and that “the people were commanded in the
Detent New * not to allow their familioa to associate W 'll
the strangers. Except the opnulottcd Gentiles became
baptized they could not expect to move in female society.”
It however admits that “the troops as a general thing were
w !1 received hy the Mormons )” but cannot restrain iu 1
Involuntary thrusU at Gov. Young, and what the Herald
calls “the peculiar institution,” because, forsooth, tho
troopsar* seized with the old complaint of Judge Broukua,
Viz: “The monopoly operates peculiarly hard upon thoet tent
them to reside.”
We would suggest to those aditors whose sympathies
are awakened, the propriety of heading n subscription for
the purpose of transporting, for the raliof of the distressed
soldiery quartered at Balt 1 .a Ice, a corps of “accommodating
females” from Now York 1 that is If thoy can lie spared
without “operating peculiarly hard” upon tbo nlco fusli-
lonablu gentlemen of New York. In the meantime we
From lire Deseret New*.
MISSION AT GIBRALTAR.
35 Jewin Street, London, July 5, 1854.
President Brioham Youno and Council:
Beloved Brethren: — Since my last to you I have la-
bored under much privation and difficulty to maintain a
position in this important field of labor. This seeing to
be tliu only chance for an opening into Spain, where the
priests and laws aro much opposed to freedom of speech.
Within a few year* some persons endeavored to estab-
lish themselves by teaching schools, but as soon as they
wore found tampering with religious matters they had to
flee between two days to i've their lives, for they do not
value life much in this country, ss for a shilling they can
be pardoned of any criinu.
On the 24th of April, finding piy health failing through
hard living ami tedious labor,! fell disposed to further pe-
tition tho Governor at Gibraltar, for 1 thought his feelings
might bo altered, on account of s deputation from the mer-
chants having boon seat to England. They had an Inter-
view with his grace the Duke of Newcastle, Colonial Sec-
retory of Foreign Affairs, and the result was published, s
portion of which I will copy, da it will show the feelings
of the public and superior offluora.
“As regards the right of mooting, the ituke spoke in dls-
disupprnval of the governor’s conduct, and »nld It was sim-
ply a question of common sense) and a great number of
questions would never have boon raised If Ute governor
had acted sensibly) ami If It foil to his lot to appoint the
governor’s successor, he would choose a bettor man, and
believed all complaints would then cense) for the governor
had certainly continued to plan! himself In antagonism
with all parties | ho, seemed to possess some Infirmity of
temper which prevented him from taking advlc*. He
should ask for explanations frdnt' the governor of hts con-
duct In the affair or the notides, th* meetings end the cen-
sorship of tho press, all ol which he disapproved Very
much.”
After writing to the governor, I was cdlled to th* colo-
nial office, and had a more pledsant Interview with the
Colonial Secretary, who wished me to call again after Ills
interview with the governor, which I did, and obtalped the
promise of protection to preach publicly* and began to
DISTINGUISHED ARRIVALS.
Not long sinoo tho arrival of a party of Missiona-
ries at Council Bluffs was unnounced in the papers.
Among them was Elder John Taylor, former editor
of the “Times and Seasons," and “ Naavoo Neigh-
bor,” whose blood mingled with that of the murtyrud
prophets, Joseph and Hryum Smith, iu Carthage,
III., having received four bulls on that occasion, and
narrowly escaped their Inle. Elder Taylor is now
in tins city eit route lor New York, where he iutonds
soon to isBtte a weekly paper, to be called the •* Mor-
mon.” Likewise Hon. N. H. Felt, Dr. J. Clinton,
and several others of the same party, Who ore to ope-
rate in the Atlantic cities in connection with Elder
Taylor. As also J udgo Thomas, who pussed through
the city a few day* since on his way to Texas, whence
he is to proceed to YVnshifigton City. It was with
extreme gratification that we greeted these old and'
tried friends in this city, anij we bespeak for them a
joylul welcome among till me Saints in iltv East, and
our friends in general. Hon. O. Spencer, Chancel-
lor of the University of Deseret, is located in Cin-
cinnati, Mid will direct the labors of the Elders in the
valley of the Ohio, and take charge of the settlement
of the Saints to be found in that part of the country.
YVe hail with joy these movements of the Church, ns
the dawning of a new era iu the history of our peo-
ple ; and from the commanding talents, the sterling
integrity, indomitable perseverance of these fellow-
laborers, we may expect great results.
New Orleans. — Elder James McGaw, late of
OUR NEW TYPE, *0.
Kind reader, whftt do you think of the general, ap-
Please examine it;
pearancc of the “ Luminary I
if you think favorable of it, we will tell you confi-
dently where we got our complete outfit, and if you
should ever want anything pertaining to a printing
offW, cither for newspaper or job work, we would
advise you to go to the same place, and you will be
sure to have your wants supplied in the shortest iuh
lice, us they keep constantly on hand and will furn-
ish to order every or any article generally used by
ths printer. .as will be seen by advertisement in an-
other colunut. Messrs. A. P. Lsdew & Co,, Nos.
3V mhI 38 Locust street, between Main and Second,
are the gentlemanly proprietors, and Mr. William
Bright the very accommodating clerk of the type
louudry where we obtained what is now before you
us a specimen of a portion of their business. Go
and see, and judge for yourselves.
.. ... THIS NUMBER.
-The quality of our paper this week is not what
We intended it should be. Being disappointed in
the paper we had ordered from Cincinnati, we have
been obliged to-usa-aa iafotior article,- hoping how-
ever soon to make an improvement. As to the
workmanship and general appearance, we feel quite
willing it should speak Tor itself, and our friends
should be the judges.
Slander. — The expansive nature of scandal 1
told by the poet thus:
“ The flying rumors gathered as they rolled ;
Scarce any tale wss sooner heard than told )
And sll who told It added something now,
And all who hoard it mad* enlargement, too—
' On every oar'it spread — on every tongue it grew,
ST. LOUIS LUMINARY
' Pittsburgh. Nov. 9* *• M.— River two feel
seven niches aud falling ; weather clear and cool.
New London, Conn.. Nov. 20.— George Bliss,
the Sheriff, arrested four robbers of the Windham
County Bank, going on board a steamer at Allen's
Point last night, for New York, and recovered all
who attempt to l&it anything derogatory to Mahom-
et's supremacy! They boast of a day not far dis-
tant when not by missionary enterprise, tor ol thni
they have uoae^but sword and conquest, their
will triumph throughout Asia; and, under tins spur-
it, it is die most; distant object of their conception
give heed to an* other religion. There ts in them,
very perceptibly* the spirit of natal Romanism, yet
tinged with a dU-r shade of barbarism Wte the
smouldering earners ot a taded glory, o y
an opport unity to buret forth more destructively than
i° r havc exercLd faith for tliis people when all
seemed eloudetfcin sable darkness ; and n«tdemy-
self as far as their prejudices would admit, as one
of themselves; ««m objecting myself, m W
... .e.... i ii roue > an intense uesire to
KUllKlGN cuerrspondknce
From the City- Press*
tpnT VAI. OF THE ASIA-
New York, Nov. 16.
The Asia has arrived! she left Liverpool at 11
o’clock on the morning of the 4th, and "-ached her
dock shortly after nine diis momuig ; she bungs t**
passengers. On the 5th, at 2 1-2 a. H.^paWthe
Europa eight miles north of Tuscan ; oi
7 p. h. , passed the Pacific.
The Asia's dales are to the 4th.
Russian dispatches say the allies sul
vera defeats, viz : the Freuch had the
stroyed and 16 guns spiked, and the Ei
were attacked by Menchtkoff at Bi
routed with the loss of 500 horses.
Frenoh reports do not give any i _
only say that the Russian story is it«
INTBRB8TENO LETTER BROM HIND 06 TAN
The following is from the pen of our much es-
teemed friend, Elder Hugh Findly. notv on a mis-
M.m in Asia. He writes from Belgaum under ilntt
oi July 26, 1S54.
Imltn ts indeed a Darren comer in the Lord's
vineyard - it ts like plodding and ploughing up ai
After the departure of our military brethren frou
the I sin ml of Bombay, mailers there put on rather i
forbidden aspect, so that although a most assuluou
distribution of- lx*** tram. Ac., was kepi up lor sev
where the Postofhce Department has issued a cir-
cular which slates that arrangements will be com-
pleted at an early date for issuing, at the Postoffices,
ordere for the payment of certain sums of money
not exceeding ten pounds on each order — at any one
of the offices on the list The charge to die pubhc
for each order will be one shilling and three pence,
of which one-half will be allowed to the posunaster
granting an order, in compensation for his trouble,
and die other half would be remitted to the Posumts-
ter General towards defraying the expenses of the
The rates above would limit the sum for which an
order could be procured, to forty-eight dollars, and
charge thirty corns for the accommodation. Oue-hoU
the payment goes to the poetmastor ol whont the or-
der is purchased, and the other to die Postoffice De-
partment.
From BoiclXy. —Terrible Ravages ol the
Cholera, Ac.
By the bark Ithlonia, Capi. Morton, from Paler-
mo, we have advices from Scicilly to Sept. 17.
At Messina the oholera was making frightful
havoc, taking off from eight to eleven hundred per
day. On the 16th, the report wns dint about one
half the population had been carried oil.
The disease extended even to animals — mules,
cats and dogs dropping dead in the streets.
All the physicians who had not lallen victims hnu
(led from die city, . ..
The government had issued a proclamation call-
ing for medical volunteers from the neighboring cit-
ies. and nuaranieeing payment to them. 1 here
On die 13th one
die English cavalry
at Balaklava and
The anglo
explicit denial, but
^ -'i improbable aud
exaggerated. The allies state' that two Russian
ships were destroyed in
batteries silenced, and a -
damaged by explosion of a magazine. It is at least
evident there has been sharp fighting.
Latest — Saturday Morninii. — Accounts are
still conflicting. The English say the siege wns pro-
gressing favorably up to the 27th. I he bit eat tele-
graph account is a dispatch from laird Redcldte,
which confirms the account that 30,000 Russians at-
tacked and captured the torts ol Balaklava ; a great
more favorable response to our efforts.
5 juncture Elders Leonard raid Muster ur-
iiii Calcutta, who proceeded on the 22nd
per Steamer to Knrrachee, '‘lid 1 on the
r , I, on board a puunnur, (small native emit )
„.rly, skirting the IWig.ome Territory, aud
by bullock-bandy to this place, the
rtion ol our journey, ahout fcW miles,
i and uneven, but most leljlile scene,
(lie deep bods of very man/ mountain
some ol winch were still ruiuiing. hut most
li y This certainly would Iw a most luxuri-
iry, did it only eiijov "the former and Int-
■ • ’l l,,, mango and locust, liolh most dell-
j,!*. hung m ubumliuice Ly the way-side ;
aidless variety of blossomed trees ami slirulsi
,„ the morning brec»« their odorous fra-
nre:wutuig tie- wuy-l'arer with a pleasing
to the rays ot the sultry sun approaching
Jinn. The notorious Riiui-Ghiuint luy also
nil. which is upward of three thousand Icet
,d u» near perjieudiculur us you con nnug-
■ cliincd, chid m dense jungle,
(lie tw»r «U'l UT'V pw«l,
Si ' e-*l. IU mulm»ut ls,«l.
more in the midst of strangers, 1 felt ns il
ol a dead weight, and an approving spirit
.1 n was well. 1 had anticipated evading a
collision here, by muking my quarters in the
the harbor, also quarantine
bastion of Fort Constantine
were ten had gone train Palermo,
thousand soldiers or convicts had been sent Irotu
Palermo to Messina to cleanse the streets and bury
the dead. , , ,
At Naples, August IStli, the disease had abated,
the deaths amounting to about three hundred per
day, and on the 23rd, the deaths daily decreased to
twenty or twenty-five.
At Palermo, about three hundred and fifty per
day was the number. The whole number of deaths
at Palermo was estimated at thirteen thousand, and
at Messina forty-five thousand.
belter look out or he would tie knocked flowu uuu
robbed. As may be supposed, this news hurasaed
him very much, aud after sauntering about nil hour
or two, with tho money tightly clutched in both liauds,
he again deposited it in the bank.
At the noon hour, a man hurriedly approaclung
one of the suspended banks attracted our attention.
He. wore no coat, the sleeves of his check shirt were
rolied up to his elbows, his face was covered with
iron dust, and he bore every appearance of being one
of those ever busy toiling mechanics, whose every
cent is earned by the bwcui of his brow. Approach-
ing the bunk door he was stopped by a policeman—
» Can I get in ? ” he asked.
“ No sir ; the bunk is closed," was the reply.
“ Closed ! ” he exclaimed, while his heart throbbed
with heavy beats. “ Gentlemen, this is too had.
For twenty years have 1 been toiling hard to get a
home, but the harder 1 work the further 1 am from
accomplishing my desire. The savings of five years
I was swindled out of by a pretended friend, an
now the savings of fifteen years is lost in this d d
concern. Can a working man be protected in any
way ? ” . . r ,
A circular was placed in his hands, setting lortn
why the bank had suspended, and assuring deposit-
ors that they would he paid, principal and interest, in
full. He sut down and read il carefully, shook Ins
head ns if he thought the statement all sham, and
left as hurriedly as he came.
A thousand foolish rumors were afloat in the crowd.
One was that Smead had withdrawn from the Citi-.
zens’s Bank, having been paid 940,000 tor the use
of his name for one yeur. Another, that Mr. Ellis
was not sick, and hud beeu seen leaving the city
early in the morning. It was such rumors us these
which harassed the poorer class of depositors, and
made them believe tlmt matters were far worse than
they are.
Decidedly the most forlorn looking object on 1 Inrd
Reporter, who said
Pisnllanffliis
OUT OF EMPLOYMENT.
Out of employment ! The exclamation^ almost
as common ns the notices “to let” oil new houses.
Why out of employment? Has ingenuity reached
its end that flesh and blood must waste as the flow-
er wilts when plucked from the stem? Energy
may be seen any day in the week at a street corn-
er sharpening knives. Apple stands yield profit
enough to pay for ai| upper room and something ap-
proaching comfort. Matches indstriously offered
have purchsed a house anil lot. Tripe and sausage
meat enable the dealer tolccep cool in warm weath-
er, and more than pay for coals and expense when
frost prevails. An Etheopian swill-collector has
qualified himself to exercise flic elective franchise
by pursuing his sloppy vocation with vigor. Out ot
employment ! Who can know who or what you are
if you stand at the corner moping and wonder-
ing why a stranger does not step forward to extend
u helping hum! ? Never hope to jump at once into
prosperity, for the chaam between industry and idle-
ness is of frightful width. Never allow pride to
bring a blush to your cheek because your busiuess is
kunible. Pride is not reliable in all cases. If you
labor, you produce, and producers are certain of re-
ward in some form. If you are cheated of your money
an honest man may hear of your calamity , and with
generous heart offer you u position. Never say
“ out of employment ! ” because no reasonable ex-
cuse can be offered therefor. 3 he world is wide ,
the *ople daily find rest and the cemeteries, and pla-
ces 'ist lie suppled. There's work enough for all
while integrity and cincerity are characteristics. —
" Knickerbocker.
F loor is China. — l uis i» *
California sending flour to China," for instead ol
our gold leaving the country to pay for tea, sugur
and spices, silks, shawls, and other necessaries und
luxuries, we siftul the product of our soil and the la-
bor of our liu nds. This is what builds up our State.
Four thousumFquarier sacks of California flour from
the Eureka Mills were sold yesterday by the Messrs.
Ereidlandcr St Co., at satisfactory prices, (about 9
dollars per lsfrn‘1 ) to ship to China. Other ship-
ments ol Like character will shortly follow ; and thus,
at length, California has become an exporter of
bread stuffs . — [San Francisco Herald.
Our pleasures snould, like bees honey, be ex-
tracted not Irani a few stately flowers, named and
classic, but from the whole multitude, great and
small, ahich CJod l.o« sown with profuse hand to
smile in every? nook, nnd make the darkest comers
warm with their glowing presence.
1 next made application through the Qtiarter-Mus-
ter-General lor permission to reside, preach, &c.,
in the Pensioner’s lines ; and, in a few days more,
learned through that gentleman that the step taken
bv the military authorities at Poona was to stand as
a precedent to their decision on the matter here. 1
next waited ou the Brigadier-General nimsell, and
obtained Ins voiit c.Htiou to receive any relerences 1
mil'll! obtuui train the military oilmens ai lWu.
These 1 am happy to say. although the process pro
longed a slate ol suspense and comparative inactivi-
ty lor upwards of two months, were so overwhelming
io i he prejudices of the General and Ins colleagues,
that 1 have been granted all tlmt I ask lor -- to re-
,de in camp and exercise all the functions of a mm-
,Mer of die Gospel, in visiting, preaching, 8ur. ; and
lins to the no small chagrin ol those of the black
.loin in die station who now liiaiulest a visiting
by.eiil lor the purpose ol decrying “ Morinonism,
■formerly unknown among them m preaching Christ
crucified. Thunks to the Lord for overuling it so,
and to General Wilson, who, 1 have reason tobe-
tieve, stands alone at the present instance in Britisli
India in honorably granting to the ministers ol tins
Church their right- when called upon to do so. F or
this let bis name be hud in the honorable remern-
f, ranee Of the righteous. The grant limy in itself
upp, at small, tuid so it is, so tux us the command-
ments of the stations are concerned ; but the oppo-
se course pursued by others has proved a most stuli-
t>om and in many instances, an insurmountable mtr-
u , the Gospel's progress ; so overbearing military
rule in these land-.
\\ Inle the foregoing was feuding, I found many
to profess a sympathy, but few seemed prepared to
oiler a helping hand. There was nevertheless, an
,ye over me lor good — dial eye that never sleeps
n, the interests ol those enlisted in llis service, and
Bank of Kentucky.
COMMERCIAL
ducuh (Ky.) Auterioan, where this bank is located,
says
A ridiculous report has been put in circulation by
die brokers, or some persons interested, tlmt the notes
of Uiis bank are discredited. Now, this is all very
foolish, ns any. one who knows anything about the
condition of die hank will know; but it is calculated
to injure the standing ol die bank by imposing ou
persons who are not versed in such matters. V\e
assure our country friends that the officers of this
bank are reliable business men — that the affairs ol
diis bank are Hi a healthy aud prosperous condition.
Every liank in the State receives its paper, and no
bunk in the State is safer or stands higher.
A man
street yesterday uftornoon, was a Reporter, who said
he had over three hundred dollars in one of the sus-
pending concerns. How in the name of common
sense a Reporter managed to accumulate so muuh
money, is a mystery, but that he had il, or rather
that one of the bonks lmd - it for him, m* one could
doubt, after looking at the grimaces of his elongated
countenance.
About 11 o’clock the Citizens' Bunk issued a cir-
cular in the shape ol a handbill. They were given
to an old and faithful bill-poster known as One-Eyed
Billy, to distribute. As soon as Billy commenced
giving them out the crowd surrounded him, and so
eager were they to obtain them, that they snatched
at und grabbed them, tearing them to pieces. This
enraged the bill-poster, and, hurriedly rolling the
circulars up, he placed them beneath the breast of
his coat, and stood on his dignity. The crowd
pressed him closely, begging und beseeching him to
Try again.
Arrest of a Great Scoundrel,
named Samuel Scoville was arrested on Saturday
last by Gapi. Cozzins, as the robber of the Maxine
Bank of Savannah, Ga. The robbery was commit-
ted a month or two ago. Scoville was an officer in
the bank, and it is supposed carried ofl with him
about $10,1)00. He was found boarding at the
Planters’ House, in this city, calling himself Lewis.
A rew ard, we 'believe, of $ 1 ,000, had been offered
lor his arrest. Some 98,000 has beon found in his
deners there. We invite to it attention in this re-
gion, as we not unfrequently see much cabbage,
which failed to head in the fall from various causes,
either pulled up and fed to stock or left a prey to the
first;
Select a suitable spot in a garden or field, six feet
in width, of any desired length, free from sumding
water; run a furrow the proposed length of your bed,
and throw a back furrow upon it. This double fur-
row will form a side wall of your cabbage house. In
the trench stand your cabbages on their roots, leaning
toward the furrow at an angle ol 40 to 45. Let the
the next furrow be thrown upon the roots and stalks
of the cabbages, and another row be placed in the
i trench made by the second furrow ; thus proceed un-
til your six feet of width is planted, then let the fur-
row be a double one — making the other side wull
about the height of die cabbage head.
Through the whole length of the middle of the
patch lay rails lengthwise, supported by -crutches, at
a height of about two feet from the cabbages ; this
will term the ridge of the cabbage house. Lay light
brush wood from the side walls to the ridge pole ;
then throw on salt hay, or bog hay, or straw, two
inches in depth. As the cold weather advances,
throw on dirt until you hnve a depth of say six or
eiirht inches, or even more, when the winters are se-
|„V asked me if “our God could grow*,’’ aud related
Jan they find u stone god in their village who hnd
ormcrly been very lean, but hnd grown very stout
m all ins parts, and would persuade me to come and
lor myself, forgetting that 1 hud not seen him m
fo- days of leanness. On inquiring into tins mat-
ior 1 found that this person was by no means isolated
m ins lieiief. The priestly institution ol a centtn-
uui oiMlermg, winch is poured on those sculptured
deified stones, under the intense heat ot a tropic
sun causes relaxation of their pores, and, as n nat-
ural consequence, -swells them, till in some instances
tl„.y buret asunder, like the Babylonian dragon by
Daniel's dose, though such an incident is taken much
more cooly by its votaries.
Coupled with a strong tradiuonal superstition,
there is a preponderating avericious principle wound
up in all tho calculations and movements ot this peo-
„l,. , that ill suits a gospel requiring the sacrifice oj
oil tilings, which is literally requisite in their case.
I pon a profession of Christianity the parental root
no Longer shelters the delinquent ; the affectionate,
lather or mother knows him no more ; arid, if mar-
ried, die wife of his bosom may be, by consent of
law lorn from, him and again adopted into her father's
t nattily . even public opinion denies him former as-
sociations common to all ; in truth, his kindled,
mate, and tin* Hindoo law declare liim virtually
dejjui. Hence, the iustMUUons and provisions ad-
opted by hireling missionaries to provide their con-
verts with a home, food, clothing, btc., which, how-
ever. when applied to a people so void of every prin-
ciple ot rectitude, only operates as so many stiinu-
| mus to hypocritcy; and to diis general fact, we
have not I teen able to ferret out one honorable excep-
tion in their lew converts in Western Hindostan —
a Kuril proverbial umongst the natives themselves.
Indeed, I Uiu quite prejmred to subscribe to the sen-
iiiuculs of Elder Jones [in Stef, Dec. ?0 1858,] re-
garding the Bengalees, as being fully applicable to
the natives of Western India, with this addition, that
die Mus8eliuen, who are pfoniiful on this side of
the country, are more spirited, but, at the same time
dunk, und the belter you
the present war. The government proposes to inter
the luriff, reducing the duty on refined sugar to 92 40,
and raw sugar to 91 50.
Boston, Nov. 18. — Col. Schouler, editor of. jbe
Cincinnati Gazette, on a visit to this city, was pre-
sented by Jus friends with a massive silver pitcher.
The jury on the Great Western Rnilroad collision,
near Chatham, found Kitdewell, the engineer, and
evening- The next morning, at the breakfast table
of that excellent hotel, Mrs. Wood, the fuse mating
comedienne of the Boston Theuter, was congratula-
ted on the sofa nude by a gentleman who supposed
it was intended for her. “ Oh no ! " she readily re-
plied, “ diey passed by the litlle Wood for the great
Forrest!” Mrs. Wood deserves the compliment of
a serenade tot her fine acting as well as for her wit.
Usury L/yws. — The entire repeal of the Usury
laws in Greaif Britain has been accomplished at the
regent sessiuii of Parliament. The act by which
this was effected is known as ch. 90, 17 and 18
Victoria, and is now in operation. It is now lawful
in Great Britain to loan money at any rate of inte-
rest and on |iny description of property, either real
estate or otherwise.
So*tDtutN : p New. — An invention which must
become popular cojisists io a small padlock, with die
owner’s nanfie engraved upon it, which is afixed to
an. umbrella Lin such a way that it cannot be taken
off. nor the umbrella opened. This, il is supposed,
i wifi guafd against stealing of umbrellas, and m this
light will, i? successful, be by some considered an
infringement; of natural rights.
.. ■( .. > ( M 1 * ■ 1
Aw Apfropi ate Emblem. — An exquisitely
dressed young gentleman, alter buying another seal
to dangle about hiB delicate person, said to the jew-
eller that he would ah like to have all something en-
graved dn it all to denote what he was. “ Certainly,
certainly ; I will put a cypher on it,” said tho trades-
man. i ? -
u ■ ■ • »■ * »
“ It is very curious,” said an old gentlemen, a few
days since, to his friend, “ that a watch should be
perfectly dry when there is a running spring inside
Philadelphia, Nov. 18.— A duel was fought at
Burlington, 'N. J., this morning, between two gen-
tlemen of thiB city. One was wounded in the arm,
the other in the tlugh. The friends then interfered
and settled the difficulty.
New London, Conn., Nov. 20; — The money
stolen from the Windham Bank was recovered last
night at Allen’s Point. Four men have been ar-
rested. Sheriff suspected a party of four who were
hanging about the steamer's wharf at the Point, just
previous to the departure of the boat fof New York,
und arrested them as they went on board. On
searching their baggage the 922,000 stolen money
was found, and the balance secreted in the boat.
The robbers have been lodged iu jail at this place.
We have not learned their names, but they are said
to have rite appearance of genteel and finished scoun-
drels.
Philadelphia, Nov. 20. — Two tons of powder
exploded this morning in the drying house of Jacob
-.ty ing incident connected with the battle
s related by a correspondent of an Eng-
96 regiment was advancing, a wounded
as calling pitteously for water, when poor
Idington, whose heart was as kind and
as it stout and brave, ran up to him, and
rave him to drink from; a flask of brandy
which he carried in case he should him-
prtce. ..... Y v •. ir.
A young man nam,ed J. P. Dorsy, qurfog the run
on J, s. Goodman &. Qo.’s Bank, drew ,out of thfe
said bank 9135. While standing in the crowd lis-
tening to what was being said m regard io monetary
affairs, and boasting of being successful in drawing
hiB money, some member of the light fingered gentry
robbed him of his roll of money, leaving him worse
off than he was before.
“ This is a burning shame," exclaimed a young
man, on Third street, in the afternoon. “ I work
honestly for my living, and I ought Iwnestly to be
paid. Saturday night I drew 930 from my employ-
ers N and here it is, (showing 930 in Circlevilfe pa-
per,) not worth fifty cents on the dollaT to-day. Is
not this downright robbery., willful plunder ? The
working men have no rights now, but like sheep,
must lay. down and be shorn at the will of their mas-
ters, the capitalists.”
self be wounded. This revived the wounded man,
and poor Eddington ran forward to join lus compa-
ny when the wretch who had just been restored by
his charity, fired at and shot him, hre best mend.—
This so maddened his poor brother, Lieut. Edding-
ton who was in die same regiment, and close to
hmi that he, in performing desperate deeds of dar-
ine also fell, dearly selling his life in avenging
the’ death of his gallant brother. The two poor
fellows were most affectionate brothers ; they fell to-
gether. and two better soldiers or braver hearts nev-
.Jm,
ST. LOUIS LUMINARY— WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 , 1854 .
VOL. I.
^ottical pcjartmtnt.
to oifeunizeja stikeorZion in Cincinnati, Mt. Louis, | : preside over twelve, teaching them their duties in like
Sim Jose, California, or any oilier place which the manlier.
Lord liuty oestjaiate, ns in Salt Lake City.
" " • « , it .... i ' ... ...1 .» • .fc
These three Quorums of the Lesser Priesthood,
. Fur ihr SL Louu Luminary.
MY MOUNTAIN HOME.
t love thee still, my own mountain home.
Thouiffi in distant land* I’m sailed to roam.
From iny humble cot, hv the mturm’Hois rjl,
’Neath the rugged brow of a rocklano hill.
I have loved each grove with its grateful shade,
Each bright purling brook ami grassy glade,
Where the evening breezes so gcutly come ; —
They’ll welcome me back to my mountain ho^ie.
Yu „ maV iw.-mp* ask me. wlml is I ho land of MO ^nder the immediate counsel and guidance of the
Ziod' I rJ pUit m Amarioft; a choice Kurd above BwifP- *** authorities are under die direction ol,
nil other bifid s upon the earth, which God, by prom- die President ol the Stake. And the President ol the
ide, gave n,uo the remnants of Joseph for an itdier- » »'«* ™ der die d,rel * on the Pre . slde * 1 -
ttunCe ; which he has designated for his people in <3 «* .*■ whole Church, or in their absence under the
these last day*}! whereon ke lins promised to build direction of the Twelve Apostles, who act as die
**■ *1 _ _ . * K«m> ■ Ur. >K>»iilnisniv end rvAUariamiV f nil fl I.
lliCSfc Ittsl Qttye j! tvnwcw m. »UM» j/iviu.o^.v sv ww— I -v • I , . * 1
up Zion n ncj Jerusalem. If you ask me where fc*| Presttlency, regulatmg and governing die at-
the tontre'bf thll Zion will be, i softy, U will be the l " e ^® urc | l abroad*
IUC* UlltIC UI Will Ail»'U *wu Ut., M. ivpi, warn* w *mv i , - , j-f
place which Gofi designated by the martyred propbet . ^ith these explanations of the duties ot the dif-
v , . i i ... :■ i » ,l.. ii... i. le rent officers ol a Make ot Zion, I sh.iil leave
and seer. Joseph Smith, as found in die Book of ?®ae» ol a Slake of Zion, I shall leave
Doctrines and Covenant; that is now called Inde- I the subject.
Or. the lofty tops of the mountains high.
Whose boarv p-ak. scorn tu reach ihe sky,
i'liorc eternal *nown moot my w omFriug gaz*.
Impervious still to tlu> sun’s fierce rays.
I of', have watched ’.he ejgle's (light,
A* he curled around in the suit twain* bright.
Then darting down in the cataract's foam,
H • bathed hm wings near my mountain home.
mjannea uuu .wvciuun , mui o uun wmeu ium,- I > - . , . . . , ,
pendence, Jackson county, Missouri. If you ask Touching the question of udung I am aware that
f .• TEL: . _.u i ft., a larire nortion ol the Saints conirrecaied in ot.
how far us boundaries will extend? I answer as far f I*f ><>" ol the Saints congregated in Su
as the borders «f the people of God shall extend. If aild **«"«">» round about ore poor, they
you ask me the question, what is Zion? I reply, it is have ny difficulties to . encounter, and expen-
me pure ,n heayi. So savsthe Almighty, which you ^ which they meur. The law ol tuning is a pan
wiil find m a Revelation in die Book of Doc. and Cov. °f t|ie celestial law. and obligatory upon all who ex-
MU! UUU i» 9 *vmuuii iuniv I . r . . , i » j ,
Wherever upon this land the people of God are as- P** «« enjoy Z.ons blessings. It did not originate
seinbled and organized under Zion's laws, striving | with Joseph S mith, it was only revived and mcorpo-
Su ofl«u at UK>n» I’ve wandered * id-
Ko.inil uic inun., tain’s buou or steep ..Cl side;
I’ve frightened sway 1 " Jin the juttiug rock
The sentinel goat to kindred dock ;
idle wanting wlusiiv is not given m vain —
They hasten sway -to tile distant plate.
The red-tsutlied hauler the Kai.yons roam, —
lie has t.ared tits prey to his mountain homo.
311IIUICU auu VIK’SUIW U M * •**© 1 . , • tr- 1 C t ' 1
to aerify themselves before God. ti.ero you will find ™ted m the organization ol the kingdom ot God,
v.ff I on earui in us proper place. Il you ask the paracu-
proper pluce.
paracu-
ftehitive to die Suints gathering from otiier parts i '“ r object and use ol tithing. I reply, it is and,
of he worklTo'Sdti ^. ZSriZ&ocSi IcS ever his been appropriated for the buddmg of Tern-
... . » I nl Ad aa/ 4 ... ,..cvl •«. irtv Visas nriW\i4 A I ho
i lit: WUUU vu Uiio I’avsv .. , w viuv iuiu..., ^ — -t , - , r t r
Salt Lake, of other parts of Utah; every Latter-day pies, and other public works for the good or the
* ' f'k.tonk at ,>.wl ic* •L.» honnhl n I ( iQ Iwinodl
IU »->UU Wituun.1 w V‘ v vssn, J - . , , , « c c - |
Saint throughout the world is at hlierty to gather to Ghurch at large and lor the benefit o Uie honest
. . i i t. nnnr it iu ilistwiiin lit nv thf> niMnniis under
iJllllll llllUUKtluwt IHV "Vim I- *•» **■”•**; 1-1- J P l I T» I
either ol foese placea, according to ti.eir choice, be- poor. It is disposed of by the Bishops under
W .raided by the counsel of those who are set over tke direction ot the Presiding Bishop to whom all
® *.. . « • < aiI.av Hiolwiiiu avo inai a niYwinuh L, I IX Ihiiir (UTAiinK *
I have wandered forth in thf stilly night,
A’ Cynthia 9 tt*,d h;r silvery light
live: fivl,! and grove, and bill and dale.
And the gle- iy i.-.ke In Uie diltaut vale.
The whispentig breeze from the mountain height.
VVati rippling now its bosom bright ;
The night hawks icream as they swiftly come
From the toeky caves of their mountain home.
them, who will counsel them according to their cir- «*»« ^ops are made amenable in their accounts ;
curastauces You may ask, will the Saints build presiding Bishop acung under me direction oi
temples m St. Louis, ui Cincinnati, in San Jose, or the first Presidency ol the Church,
other Stakes of Zion besides Salt Lake City? To If you ask m e wish to have the handling and
rpLy, 1 do not know; ami all I care about it disposing ihereof'flft. how much the Twelve use oi
if the Lord tells us to do ii we will try. it, I wiil answer for myself, and I presume for all
tliis I rcpLy, 1 do not know; and all I care about it disposing thereo!
is. that if the Lord teils us to do ii we will try. it, I will nnswei
Tii rough the elmnnel which he lias appointed, lie my bretlireu of the Quorum. All tiiut 1 ever used
iius told his people t > build one unto his name in of it since God permitted me to live on the earth,
. . . . «. r n> a r * -I . A -If I. . I .L
At the eventide hour of tut autumn day
The withering graae looked sear alid grvy,
nuougli the quivering boughs of the Iradesn tree,
The whistling winds sighed mournfully. x
From my cottage home my steps I bend.
Through the opening gorge to the rocky glen
Whore Uie waters rush and the cascades foam,
Wild music make for my mountain home.
On the shvluiiig rm k where I stop to rest,
l ire croaking riven line built h:a m-st ;
And staitled now, with a lazy sweep
lie wings his way through the upper deep.
The echoing caves give bark tli„ cry
Of the eagle's scream as he rusloui by,
And darting down from heaven's blue dome,
fie seeks his nest iu his mountain home
Salt Lake City. YYc in St. Louis, in common with you can put in your eye. And I wish to have noih-
our brethren in every jmn of the world, will aid in ing to do with it, except to see that every man does
carrying out tlifir instruction, and when He wishes his duty; and that those who arc appointed for that
us to build it temple in St. Louis or elsewhere we purpose account to the proper authorities. This is
will take hold j>f that. my duty so long ns it is committed to my care in
The church of Latter-day Suints built n temple in this pan of the country. It is not my purpose to
Xirtland, m tl# State of Ohio, which was dedicated impose this law upon you. I invanubly pay my
to the Lord m, April, 183G, at which place the first tithes und those who understand the principles of
Lldera of the phui'ch received the first degrees of the Celestial Law would not be deprived of this
their endowment. They have laid the foundation, privilege. If in this part of the country the Saints,
and comment etl building several others. They built in organizing a Stake of Zion, desire to bring them-
oue in Nauvod, 111., which was completed a..d dedi- selves also under this law, they shall have the priv-
cated unto the Lord in the spring of 194B, being a ilege so to do, and it will be presented for their decis-
period of ten years between the dedication of Kirt- ion at this Conference. This will be a' means of pro-
nun 1 temple aujd tiiut of Nauvoo. Whether we will ving the spirits of the Saints arid may be us profit-
dediente anot’jjfcr in 1S56 remains lobe seen. If I able in a Stake of Zion iu Sl Louis, Cincinnati,
were to exprejp my feelings, I would say, let not the or any other purt of the United Slums, as n would
were to exprep my leehngs, 1 woulu say, let not the or any other purt ot the Lulled Stums, as n would
time be prolonged beyond 1856. There are, and be in Utah Territory. It is little use for mankind
will lie many Stakes of Zion organized according to to expect tho blessings of a Celestial Kingdom un-
T : ow higher still 6 n the mountain side.
My r.i|itnrou* gaze extended wide
O’vr tho distant plain, with i to fields and groves.
Meander ing streams and winding rov-s ;
And farther still the sea fowl laves
His snowy wings in the sparkling wav a ; -
The great Salt Lake, with its briny form,
I love to see from my inorintaiu home.
the order of heaven. But those keys of endowment, less limy have pure hearts tiiut can abide its laws,
of sealings, and blessings that are necessary to se- It is little use to come from the various nations of the
cure to the Suints their exaltation in a world to come, ‘ earth to the peaceful abode of the Saints, unless they
uro held ui tin; seat of the first Presidency of the live as Suinu and walk worthy of the blessings of
church. To tbe temple of the Lord ui the seat of Zion, that they may enjoy the spirit which every
th-.’ first Presidency will the faithful children of God true son and daughter ol Zion possesses. It is a
i resort to receive tiiose endowments, keys and bless- great blessing upon the Saints wiio are obliged to
mgs which relate to tlieir future exaltation.
w .01 — -1 •
remain lor a seusun in this part of the country, to
Those scones f love, and will choiifh y
In memory dear, vuch loud regret;
.-Vs l wander forth I'll bear in mind
Those loved ones dear I’ve left behind ;
My constant hope, my constant prayer,
Shall be for those I’ve ouerishod there:
Wives, children, and friends, wher'oer I roam,
I love ye stall in my mountain home.
SraixcrtKi.D, O., Out. SO, 185 1. CHARLIE.
Ill other Stakes of Zion abroad the Saints inny be have the opportunity of proving themselves before
instructed, limV he tried, may be lead by the hand God, dial diey may begm to receive a foretaste of
I' T 1 -I . 1 I . ilia Qnivil rtf Vizv.v rt iwnnn t AVI r t.mvlr lltnl fiknll
dial diey can go from this to any other gathering
place of die Saints, with the fellowship of this people,
unlass they pay- tithing and carry with them die
Bishop's certificate to that effect.
At the conclusion of his remarks the meeting ad-
journed till seven o’clock.
At 7 o’clock p. m. the Conference again opened
by singing and prayer, after which Elder Andrus
called on those nominated for the High Council to
take their seats to the right of the stand; the Bishop
and his Council in front of the stand ; the Elders on
the front seats in the body of the house, and the Lesser
Priesthood at die left of the stand.
The President then gave some instruction, show-
ing that diey were thus arranged in order to exhibit
the relative position which they occupy in the king:
dora of God.
The President of the Elders nominated Joseph
Barker, first and Alexander Dow, second Counsel-
lor.
The President of the Priests nominated Alfred
W- Sanders, first and N. G. Soffe second Counsellor,
The President of Teachers, nominated Charles
L. Walker, the first, and Geoge Higginson, second
Counsellor.
The Deacons Quorum was organized, by calling
brother Joseph Marshall to preside over dial quo-
rum. It was dien moved that Bro. Samuel Clegg
be ordained Deacon, and set apart as first Counsellor,
and John Bodfish second. The above nominations
were carried by vote.
President Milo Andrus was then blessed and set
apart os President of this Stake, and his Counsellors
ordained und set apart, under the hands of Presi-
dent Erastus Snow. The High Council was orduin-
ed and set apart under the hands of President Milo
Andrus and his Councillors.
The President of the Elders and his first Counsel-
lor was set apart under the hand* of the same.
Elder Kleber Worley was ordained Bishop under
tho hands of President Erastus Snow, us also his
Councillors.
Bishop Worley and his Counsellors, (by the in-
struction of President Snow,), then proceeded to
organize the Quoruins.of the Lesser Priesthood, by
seUing apart und orduiniug the President* of the
Priests, Teachers, and Deacons, and their Counsel-
lors.
President Snow then addressed the Priesthood .say-
ing that he felt happy in the accomplishment of the
work lie lore us. That the Lord had blessed us wiih
his Holy Spirit, and in the most perfect harmony laid
wo accomplished as much in one day, as a Roman
council would have done in a month.
Adjourned until to-morrow at 10 1-2 o'clock a. m.
and the country will look with deep interest to die
result.
Nfessrs. Buchanan, Mnson, and Soule have also
expressed their conviction that France and England
are favorable to the sale of Cuba to die United States
- a marked change having recently taken plnee in
die policy of those countries in this respect. The
tone of the English and French press would lead la
a supposition- that dtis was the case ; but this is ren-
dered more important by the official character of the
infohnation now in possession of our government.
ThuB fortified, it is not improbable Mr. Pici
iceeive those holy ordinances, keys and endowments
d'.at ure Ucve«B«ry lor their finul uiuluujoa ill die
celestial world. We have (filtered into covenants to
Conference adjourned until 2 1-2 p. m.
Tiie_ufternoon meeting being opened in the usual
CONFERENCE! MINUTES.
observe the celestial law from the time that we yield- ma n n eb, the President moved die following resol u-
ed olediepce to us first requirements. In baptism lions, which were carried unanimously:
for the remission of sins, and in the gift of the Holy
.Minutes of u S/iecial General Conference, of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held
in Fourth Street Chapei, St. Louis, Mo., Com - .
nicncing jYop. 4, lbo- 1 .
The meeting wasopeued iU 10 1-2 a. m., by sing-
ing and prayer. It was moved by Elder Andrus,
and earned, dial Elder Erastus Snow preside over
the Conference, and that James S. Cantwell act as
Clerk, and 8. J. Lees Reporter.
President Snow then arose and addressed the
Conference on die nature of the business lie lore it,
us follows:
In the opening of this conference l will briefly
present some of the items of business as they may
occur to my mind, which will probubly be presented
before this conference during the session. You prob-
ably all, or most of you, ure aware of the vote of the
General Conference , up]>ouituig me to come to this
place to take charge of the churches in this vicinity,
to organize n gathering plnee and Stake ill Zion.
Tins will be a part of the business of tins conference.
This organization, according to the order of the king-
dom ol God, will embrace a Presidency and a High
Council, a Bishop ami his Counsellors, with such
oilier quorums ns the circumstances and renditions
of tiiis people may require, in order rhat the vari-
ous offit era of the church it* this part of the world
may l>c classified, and' have opportunity to become
instructed in their several office* and callings, agree-
able to the doctrine and eovetuintts.
I purpose also presenting before tliC’ ('onfeience
the question, whether, in entering into this organiza-
tion, which 1 have proposed, they will also bring
themselves under the law ol Zion with regard to
tithing?
If any other item of business which l have not re-
ferred to shall present itself, it will be called up ns
. the Spirit of the Lord may dictate. I slmll not be
very particular as to the order in which they may be
brought up.
Connected with this ovgurdxntlon and l,umiie«tt that
will come -belore the cdtifevenfr , we slmll desire to
impart some jinstructions which we would be glad
tiiut every Latter-day Saint m this part of the world
might hcaT; hut so far ns practicable for the benefit
of those who cannot be here, we shall endeavor to
publish such inqiortnni items ns may be necessary for
the Sainte, with regurd to this organization.
I purposed that this woming should 1 h> devoted
to such instructions, preparatory to the business this
afternoon. Certain it is, that there arc many men
and women professing to be Saints, in this city and
• vicinity, who cannot realise, nnd do riot appreciate
the importance of this occasion, or their seats would
not have been vacant this morning. If they willseek
the counsel and instructions of the church only in the
public congregations. On the Sabbath day, they must
content thetnselvos with the entinbs deair out to the
world at large. I wish l coiljd make mv brethren
and sisters feel the impoTUince of that saying. If
the world of mankind was prepared to receive and
improve upon every word of the inspiration of the
Holy Spirit, which file Lord wishes to pour out upon
his Saints, then it would be different. But they ure
not ; and many of those who have recendv come out
Irom the world nnd embraced Uie fulness of the Gos-
pel. do not realize the importance of pressing forward
to perfection and leasting upon the words of Christ,
that they nqiy drink, as from the fountain head, those
i'pure and holy principles which are calculated to pu-
rity the heart and sanctify and prejmre them for ex-
altation and glory iu the celestial kingdom.
r In answer to the question, why is it that Stakes of
Zion are located in this jikee, in California, and in
other places of the United States, as well as in ti.e
valleys pf the mountains, I have to say, that the Lard
who foresees future events, calculates lieforehand and
provides for the exigencies of his people. As to the
land of Zion, we in St. Louis are as much iu tac
land of Zion, tp all intents and purposes, as if we
were located in Salt Lake City. It is just as proper
Ghost which ta imparted by the laymgon of hands. ,' lr3l: , 1,a , we acknowledge and sustain, by our
I we received -I* first of our endowments and power falth a, ‘ d Br ‘S httm ' 0U, ‘K’ af Pr°phet, Seer,
I , . , , • , • r ReveJator and President over the Church of Jesus
from on lugh. j
Do any receive these first ordinances without re-
Christ in all the earth.
Second: That we sustnin Presidents Heber C.
, i ■ - , , oeconu: i uai we sustain jrresmenis Metier i_..
etytng iiower Jroni on higW 1 ^answer, many haw Kimball und Jedediuh M. Grunt us his Counsellors,
iii* will ponubuo lo leceivo those first ordioftnccs, mi,’ j, mi , . i < , .
nil S..11 reiniilii in the mud of bitterness and in tlie Thl ! d: . Fhal w « suslllln ,‘ n t,lt >ir place, the Quo-
ami still remain in the gaul of lutterness and in the su “ uu “ “ P “ ce - U l ^ uo *
bonds of iniquity, became they are not prepared lo ™ ve ^posUes, with Orson Hyde as
receive these ordinances, accord iug to the require- v , c n ..
metis of heaven. The blessings would not follow „ 1 ° urtl,: That vye sustain the Seven Residents of
upon such, even if Michael, the archangel, were to ^ ^7*!’ w,,h Jq « P » ™ President,
lay ids hands' upon them. He that wits u Simon •"{* J •*»« Quorum* ■ of the-^evenhes uiKler them.
Magus before- would he a Simon Magus stiU. If „ ’ '.‘th: That we sustain John Smith as Preeuln
.UUJ IU) IICIU1U B UUIU UK U UIIIIUU iunglio OUU. A» . i . . ,,, ,
that is fiie casi whli regard to tlie Jirsl ordinances of ur , c .J? 1 ^ ' l,10 e Ghurch.
. . . • t ^ t olXtii: 1 hat wi» siiNlum IjIw
the celestial liw througli which we receive the first i. ... „ , . ... , , ,
blessings from on high, I ask if] the same princijile ll1 ^. " ,8 * I0 P °"-‘ r dlu Btshoprick m tlie whole
will uoi hold good in relation to all our endowments urt ’
° ... , i t ai: 1 ~ a 1 i .. . i. i j j
from thisjtimo till we enter the celestial gate?
is conferred ilfeon any man, who is not worthy there-
of, und who does not strive to magnify this calling,
he will never., know the power of the Holy Priest-
hood, and iie will forfeit it in tiie end, and no pow-
er can prevent it; it will slip from him, no matter As l0 , 1,0 local authorities of Zion und her Stakes, it
who litis plucud ii upon hint. This jiriuciple is ap-
plicable tp every blessing conferred upon man.
In the selection of officers that may be present-
ed before this Conference for this Stake of Zion,
1 will not sav we shall select the best, but we cers for fins Stnke. He asked whether the congre
•11 .1 . . ' • r . .. 1 . 1 . r -i i i l.. c*. • . . a
it shnll criiide qb luiteleit mun of intcffriiy and sound ltl , tX .
! judgment, and sound „> the fmth. h whether they wished the nominations to connate
In every item of business which may he presented, * K),n dle *
I we shall expect a free, tmtramnielled expression of
fueling by tlmi vote of tho Saints, both male nnd le-
mule according to that spirit which is in them, oxer-
7ss * ^ “i,:&d” «*• - * - —— - ^ i»h
tod fito doetrftut and eovenunis u* you ought to have least tout men ol integrity and sound faith would
| PicBidunty ol, u Sluke and the High Council which ^ do Andrus for President of this Slake of Zion.
I consiots of twelve High Priests, more particularly is Carried unanimously,
entrusted the spirituul welfare and blessings of the The President suid Bro. Andrus was entitled to
office work of file Bishop and his Counsellors is to Counsellor
es. poor the widow and the fatherless, and to re- * audlng H igh Council, vj^
the tithes ot the Smints and settle with them , ,, ..
to set as a common judge in Israel in the Stake of oaoveu ana carrioa tiiat lMue
Zion, where he is appointed to act. He is to hear ordained to the office of Bishop.
Thus fortified, it is not improbable Mr- Pierce
may act upon the advice now given. Whatever
course is determined on, the action must be prompt.
The Cortes meets at Madrid next month. The
ultimutum of the United Stutes should be made
known during its session.
Should the administration determine to take firm
and progressive ground in 'this matter, it is supposed
tlie Home Squadron will be sent to Havana, Mau-
tanzas and other ports of Cuba — fiat* lending a
moral influence to the argiunonts used in favor ol its
acquisition. This will in all likelihood be the first
indication given of the President’s intention ol act-
ing upon fiie suggestions of Mr. Buchanan aud uia
confreres. We look with interest to the develop-
ment of the uflair, but witii little confidence to the
firmness of fiie government at Washington. — [N.
Y. Herald. ’ /
PUB
Devoted lo
Orriiii fij
SW
DRY GOODS.
I WILL tell all my stock of good* fimn thia date at prliuo coot, to
ciu*c oat the retail bodae**; a> 1 wl«h to turn ail my means Into tho
of me Lord through a round of experience ihut is die Spirit of Zion as a preparatory work that shall
necessary to expand the mind, to purify tiie heart, render them worthy to go up und possess those great-
to sanctify the affections to the Lord our God, and er blessings which He poun*)ut upon tho Sunils in
prepare them to enter into the house of the Lord and the peucelul valleys.
Rukday Morning, 5th.
Met pursuant to adjournment. The spacious
chappel was filled both above and below with an at-
tentive congregation, mostly Saints from the city and
iidjacentHranchesonclufinig about two hundred breth-
ren holding the Priesthood, among whom weie eight
Missionaries late from Utah, Being a day of fast-
ing and prayer and free will oflerittgs for the poor.il
was spent in preaching, bearing testimony, Ac. —
During the day and evening the congregation was
uddressed by Elders: E. Snow, O. Spencer, M.
Andrus, Case, Lyler, and others with great boldness
and effect ; and the liberal offerings for the poor,
the joyful countenances of the Satuis and the uni-
versal expression of delight, testified that Zkm tru-
ly was come unto us. Before closing the Clerk
rend the following report of the Branches in the St.
Louis Conference :
Sixth: Tiiut we sustain Edward Hunter as Pre-
Branch**: Jlcprcwn- z &
l«l by. i;
nmunru
Church.
Elder Milo Andrus moved to acknowledge and
iW
Laying ou of hands is a means by which Priest- sustain Elder Erastus Snow as an Apostle and Pres-
hood and powyr to administer ordinances, is confer- i delll j n t hiB part of the United States. Carried
red upon tne Bervanis of God. But if an ordination unan i m0U gly
I..Hi(.„l tfWv.O* r* i.li mnn lirlist id i.nl llt/iellilt 1 1 . nrn ’ '
1 at W*nl. W. Low**, AO
Und and Std. K. Cook, 1G4
•llli, W. OuWy 1&7
dlb, J. Barkeri
The President suid it was necessary l.hut these
general authorities of the Church should be received
und sustained by all Saints throughout the world.
*tii,
Sib,
otb,
Bel fou la! no,
Koukuk,
1 aa 16 4 1 4 24 9
6 16 7 B 1 IIS
B.wtndloy licl l * 18 11 0 611 36 !U 20
Belfoulalno, do ‘23 3 4 1 9 t
lioukuk, 0. Ctnrk, 36 7 2 11
UiuiTOIIy, lo. W.Ful*on, 71 1 0 6 9 1
Palrfleld, la. J. Wickni, 16 8 11
Comrevtll*,ni J. Kinuj , n 13
GrpvoU*, J. Vale*, 216 91 12 6
Ms<tu»k'-ta,Io Dalryiuplo, 'J 6 l
Alton, J.BIiri>honl 1U2 11 4 8
Do* UBl, W.GiUJuga 46 4 13
8 1 1
1 2
91 12 6 4 26 16 6
11 4 8 2 6 26 2
4 13 18
was only necessary that they should be sustained in
the several localities where they are appointed.
Next in order would lie the appointment of nffi-
will endeavor us fat ns the light ol the Holy Spir- ROlU)U wiaJw d’ * nominate indiscriminately, or
■ I wli.ill rriii.in llo In ui. >ii I tin. ii mI hloirr.lir imkI uimiiuI •
Moved and seconded all over the house that the
nominations proceed from the stand.
Tlie President said he would uol vouch ihat tlie
done, the pattioulnr duties of tho different officers he selected; and if any should feel slighted, he would
of a Stake of Zion will he comprehended; und promise them that ff they continued faithful they should
explanatory remarks irom me would lie unnecessary. | mve u u , he reanotiBibililv railed u.,„n th.-m
explanatory remarks irom me would lie unnecessary. | mve tt |j tlie respousihiUty ralletl upon litem which
But to relrcsll the the minds ol such us may not lie .. ,, , , . 1 , ,
familiar with lids subject. I will remark, that to the wero J nble ,. ,0 b f or '. He ,hen nom,na “ d ^ ld «
n I . . 1 . 1 . n. .t C' i ...» • i \liin AmlriiN fnr' Pmatilonf tl*iu filinU* /sf
Saints, dud power to investigate and decide upon two Counsellors if lie wished to have them,
important matters, that may not be satisfactorily dis- , , . . , ,
posed of *by tfie Bishop, or that may not properly r Eklt ' r An(irus d,cn no,nlnated Eld ^ Charles
come under his jurisdiction. The more iwirticular Edwards as first, and George Gardner as second
Occupation of Cuba by the United States.
udnunister ini ■temporal tilings ; to care for fiie hon- The following persons were then nominated for a
WI wuutra uuu *11*. 1VIIU UICU1 » T J tj . , _
as the Lord ’s>Bte ward between fiiem and their God, James Henry Hart, Andrew Sproivle, John
in relaltofi to fiieir tithes. And further, to take the. Evans, YYillinm Morrison, James Sherlock Cantwell,
general Presidency of the officers of the Lesser Priest- William Lowe, Samuel Janies Lees, Edward Cook
I i A . XX .1 ' -L * .Y \ . TV* • 1
hood, the ifchop^ being the legitimate President, James Brook*, William Gore, John Clegg, and
holding die keys of the Lesser Priesthood which em- pi lon i u,* .
braces Pries, Teachers and Deacons. He also is Ch " les ' Accepted by ' .lammous vote.
1 ... Moved nnd camod that Eider Kleber Worley lie
. J O- L
cussion the peculiar position in which the govern-
ment of the United States iB placed by the refusal
of Spain to afford any suitable satisfaction for the
Black Warrior and other outrages ; or, indeed to
continue negotiations upon the subject. Matters
have arrived at that crisis where nothing is left for
the United States but either abandon the whole
question, or continue it in a manner which will af-
ford no opportunity for shuffling. Such being the
opinion of Messrs. Buchanan, Mason, and Soule,
we are not surprised to learn tiiat they agreed to re-
commend that the government of the United States
should, declare, in effect, that our safely demanded
and our interest required we should purchase or take
Cuba at once. 1
It is understood that Mr. McRae, our Consul at
Paris, who arrived here on the-Arabia, was the bear-
er of the despatches conveying this recommendation
of the American Ministers, and urging upon the
President immediately to make the avowal and take
steps to carry it into effect. The matter is now be-.(
ing deliberated upon ^by the cabinet at Washington,
and determine the coses of difficulties which may Bro. Worley then nominated Elder Thomas Har-
m-ise between brethren and sisters as members of jfo as his first, and Edmund Holdswqrth as second
the Church. |And from his decision m difficult ca- Counsell or. Accepted,
ses or dissuiiBlaciion of either party, appeals may - r , , „ ,
be token to fiie High Council of fiie Stake. Moved that Elder Robert Windley be set apart
Tbeofjice oi a President over the Elders -is to pre- 05 President of the Elders’ Quorum, and Priest
side over uiuletv-six Elders, teaching and instruct- William Brecker be set apart as President of the
T ^' EWcts Quorum should Priests*; Teacher Joseph Seal be set apart as Presi-
bi a ..mg of School of instruction for the qualifies- , <• ,, , , m, , r ■
lion of its members in every duty that may be re- . , , the Teachera • The above motions were
quitod of thiitn. ' carried by vote.
l.:c office bl a President of the Priests Quorum, The President then presented the question of tith-
• is to preside over forty-eight Priests, teaching and ing for the action of tlie Conference, and after a tree
Ul “' ** “ta-ta Ot MUt from Kveral p.™.,, i, «„
Tne office of the President or the Teachers is to u 1 ' laiumouaiy voted t0 ,ldo P , ^ law of tithing
preside over twenty-four which forms a, Quorum of “^ooffhout this Slake.
tC Tk erS> m lie l ti President Andrus said that henceforfiv thoee who-
I no office of the President of the Deacons, u to are favored with this world’s goods need not expect
whoicMlc t.-wle, which J h»vc wlsOjIUbwl «n ihc ihc cuncr o( Kiln utd
W.dilDKtou Avenue.
Jj“ Orv.l Bjru^n. ru»y b. Kx-ted (or, hi cldn« oul my hevy .took .
Call »uU r. Ain Inc now.
V. W. HOIT.
Nov. 33, >64. (I 3m.J
■f Mailed to
Dellvemd
adverfise
All Conui
be addressee
ST. LOUIS TYPE FOUNDRY
PARER WAREHOUSE,
Established A. D. 1640.
A. P. L1DEW & CO*./
TYPE FOL.V0KRS A!YD DEALEUS I!V PAPER.
31 ftn.l 33 I.oonvt Hirer I. HI. Louli, Mo.*
PRESS DEPOT— SHARK. ALLKi,
C ALL UieaUciillon ui PrUiU-m and PuMNlxnn lo llicli c*tal>lUhmpnl»
where Will In* toumlovrry vnrl«l)' ol TYPE, PAPER, IN’S, PRINT-
ING PRESSED, Rl : l.K, hOHlJKRS* FLOWERS, ar.d every other article
wed In a Priming Oilier.
A. P. 1*. k. buve lately made addition* toth**\r former a**ortin*tit
of HOUR and NEWSPAPER TYPE, uf MMrtcc* importni from Scoiiand,
ami have uaw a complete eerie:’* AIh»> u uvm aerie** «*f (lenimn facoe'
TIitT)* an* alto tbr jnthotltrrl ageni* of th»* principal Typr EotmdrlCMln
thrUnltc<l Slater, amljtrc pre pa re* 1 tu till *mU , nu*eUsu»d I mm any speci-
men* at Ha^teni priced
Tfct'y keep nlwayit on hand a large »uppiy of N KW3 anti BOOK PRINT-
INtl PAPER j alM>, CAP, LETTERED, COLORED, ami MANILLA
PAPERS, CARDS Atid CARD BOARDS, all of which will be *otd uu lb«
uuQt rrasotuhte tentifi.
Order* for STKRKOTYPlNCr AND KNGRAV1N0 wilt bo ttromptly
execntvd.
KMItora ur PrluUrxa wlidilnx to CA.ul»U»h a newspaper or Job Printing
OlBC'*, will be funit*he*l with art intimate in detail for the Karue, by »tat-
liiK th*» »lte uf the paper, or Uu* pari!** 'ar * 1 x 10 and *iuanUty uf work to be
executed.
\ypOD TTPR — a large aavirtment ala-ay* on hand.
53-ohl Type taken In exch .u«e for new at nine cent* per pound.
N. I). Sort* duppllrd load font* cant at thu i-aiaidlahuient at *pecl-
rarn price*.
Nov. 22, >N. [I Vf.
BAKER AM » CONFLXJTTC >NER,
No. 171 X. E. corner of Market and 7th Struct,.
ST. LOL'IS, MO.
JAflES TIKAER
K EEPS rooflamiy for »alc, Bread, Cracker* «»f all kind*, Cake*, Can-
dive, C ixoiiiF, Ale, Porter, Soda, TuUaoco, Cigar*, Ac.
Nov. 22. *
DR. WHITE,
DISCOVERER UP TIIE
SYMPTOM A TRUT1NORIC SYSTEM,
For Diagonising all Diseases of the Cheot and
I XiimeOf
may be Consnltcd daily «f hi* Oofflco, No. 191 PINE SI.,
between 4th 8c oth, from 2 to 6 P. .11.
According to well nuihcmtcaU-d t>taU*lical reports, one t»ui of ovory^
•)x ot all the dcatlis that occur in Europe or America, are from dlio&ir*
of the lung* alone.
Judging from the above data, there arc at the preaent time within tho
city of St. Loulo, at least.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND
Individual!! who have disease seated upon their lung*. It Is eQtially true
that tho Medical Profession, without exception, arr unable to detect a dis-
ease upon those organ* in season to cd'cct a radical cure; and thin in Ihe
re. iso u why that cl*** of dlsearr* have proved so universally Vatnl. And
hence this new discovery o Hera tire only means extant for dctucllug pul-
monary diseases in their tuctpSont stages, or in time to effect acurre in ev-
orycase. In all prohahllUy, 14,000 out of tho above number may escape a
preuiaturo grave, by at once availing themselves of lha bcnvfllx of thiN
Important discovery.
Parents and Guardians should submit every member of thotr families
to an iminedluto oiaudimtlou by this Now By stem If they would avoid
a responsibility desirable to none but model*. They should not suITter any
pecuniary consideration h> deter them from rusplng IU bent flu* if they
would protect thorw ooumilitetl lo their charge from one of thfc moat fa-
tal dUe**e-t that ttxlitri upon thlsooutltieni. If they rely upou tlieir fam-
ily physician to apprlso them ot the existence of this dreadful dltease,
depend upon U, not one coho oul of a hundred will ever recover. Heads
uf families, ^re you pmpared to offer those oommutctl to your rospooslblo e-
charge a sacrifice to prejudice, when tlu>«v luoomnrVertahlo tacts aro be-
fore you? If so, tho resporulbillty rests entirely with you.
Nov. 18, ’64. (Uf.
CORINTHIAN MELO
Muaio — “ HARK ! **
24 4 7 6
28 1
6 10 7 8 1 8 83 2 16 2
4 22 12 4 4 4 10 16 66 2 12
The Hat was on hi* head,
The passing crowd admired j
A whispering maiden said—
St«’ how that mail's attired I
What beauty In bis waUl,
How matchless his cravat.
And then how much he* * graced
With that resplcndant Hat l
He turned him from the throng,
Aj be left Corinthian Hall i
But as ho moves along,
Oh him all glance-* fall.
Cried one— “Not heaven'* clear blu*.
With starry radiance sat.
Total. 1390 9 22 146 82 48 21 60 166 63 128 9 106 01
Elder John Taylor and others who were expected
from Ltah, not having yet arrived, the Conference
was adjourned over till next Sunday the 12th.
Appears more fair to view
Than yonder lustrous Jet I »
Moxday, 6th.
At a Council of Ciders, the Missionaries were
unsigned thoir Beveral fields of labor in the South
and East.
Its fame by all was ratted;
Ills bo»om nwclla with pride *
While they admiring gaze*),
He raised ‘hi* voice and cried—
M Friends, would you have my Joy,
And win an equal fume,
Tour naU ou Broadway buy;
There’s a few more loft — tho sam*
THE OR BAT NATIONAL HA' r STOHB
SOrOF CORINTHIAN HALL, jfff -
907 BHOAe; lVAY ’
ESTABUSHEP , 1TH MARCH, 1849,
Son d * r i 12th.
Elders, John Taylor, N. H. Felt, Preston Thom-
as, J. Clinton, and others of their company late off
the plains were present, and occupied the day in
rich instructions to the Suints. President Snow
gave some general instructions to the Saints about
emigration and adjourned Ihe Conference till the
6th of April next at 10 oclock a. m. at this place.
JAS. S. CANTWELL, Clerk.
S. J. Lbes, Reporter. ^1
A TUB SALE or
FINE ft. LOUIS MADB DRESS HATS,
FOR 14 EACH!
“ Our private advices enable us to state with cer-
tainty the result of the ministerial and ambnssodorial
conference recently held at Ostend, and the object
of which was, it appears, to determine upon a line
of policy by which our difficulties with Spain would
be adjusted, and that government induced to make
reparation for past outrages and indignities upon
our citizens ana commerce, as well as security for
file future.
The conference necessarily brought up for dis-
VOH A
LU8TROU8, STYLISH, AND DURABLE SUPER
f DRESS HAT,
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL!
roa A
FUR, PLUSH, OR COTTON CAP,
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL!
FOR A
FUR OR WOOL SOFT ''ELT HAT,
GO TO CORINTIAN HALL!
FOR AS
INFANT’S FASHIONABLE FANCY HAT,
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL!
297 Broadway ;
J&®“ BIG HJIT.bm
[IU.
GALLAGHER & CO.,
Practical Dyers and Scourers,
(To. 119 North sa «l., 3 doon (rom Vine, Sou(h »Me, ana Xo. ISO Honan
rt. between 61 b anti 7 U,, Su Lonla Ho.
Hare opened their new and cheap Dplug and Scouring cstablbh-
ibeni. GonUemcna Cost., Pantaloon-, Vwa, Ac., Dred, Scoured and
ibrru. GonUen
neatly repaired.
Nov. IS, >64.
SALOON .
[ RS.84. H. TilAVKKS) toko* pi''A*uro in saving to hoi numorott* ct»to-
menuand the public, that she Im- a ».vkx>n on Pine street, twodoora
from Bate*' Thvntre ; wh^c ulit ti a: all tltnre roady to **rvc upOysutWv
Coffee, Coca Cakes, and Confcclionaric* of all kinds,' in a shape to suit
die taste of the epicure.
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JESUS
AND THE DARKNESS COMPREHENDETH IT NOT
LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS
ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1854
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
aw alienated friendships, divided houses and un-
ppv homes. * • _
Kindness to animals is a duty as well as prufita-
3 . It engenders a benevolent teeimg toward the au-
• mi. it inculcates humaue principles up-
and what is of no little
the same footing as to
population of his empire
civil rijrhis as the Turks.
Louis Napoleon, Emperor of France, is radur be-
low the middle stature ; has a dull and drowsy eye,
.and a countenance that ordinarily expresses but hi-
de. He is about forty-four years ot age. and has
imit an adventurous file. F rom an artillery ofiu er
in Switzerland, a rowdy in New \ ork, a special po-
lice officer ut London, and a prisoner at Ham, he is
now fimily seated on the most dazzling throne ol
Europe, and wields a power second only to that ot
You cau all easily extend dus list by adding to it
exauimes under your own observation, and readily
within die scope of the weakest capacity. It is ob-
vious that a deviation from the right line is not ut
first made ignorandy , that it is never hidden from the
eyes ol die just, and that no one is eventually de-
ceived but the evil doer.
From these facts it appears strange upon reflec-
tion, that any person couid be induced to do wrong ,
though at the same lime it requires the most vigilant
iv, II teach them Wisdom, and the longues ot napes
shall untold knowledge to rulers. The path betore
US is Straight, aud-plam to walk in. Let ever) man
and woman put put. to be Latter-day Saints indeed,
|« ol one heart, and their pad, through life will be
eusy. But if yuiiAre not one, you will have to travel
ihe road m sorrow, your minds will he dark, and you
wdl not know your own minds, nor have confidence
in. your God. But if you are of one heart and of one
mind, die burden Will be light, and the yoke will be
easy upon your necks. If men undertake to wear
tin; yoke ot Christ, mid have not the Spirit ol Christ,
It wall gall them So dial they will run to the gold
£t)t St. Yoms liraunarg,
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iutal kiugdoi
on the minds ot die young,
moment, it renders the annuals themselves content-
ed and happy. We are not of those who believe
dial they are only endowed with instinct. On the
contrary'. we believe dial they are possessed ol some
rude reasoning powers, and they certainly are con-
trolled by strong affections. They shun, or repel
attacks from die one, whilst they court kindness
from the o lier. is it not our duty to encourage the
development ol goodness, whether ot the human
heart or among dumb beast* ( And is it not much
more our duty, to make dieir coudiuons whilm they
bear our burthens as comfortable as possible?
Experience lias shown that a violent man cannot
properly train a horse, or a yoke of oxen. Violence
only destroys; never creates. The training ot an-
imals requires paueuce, moderation and kindness.
Muny a valuable animul has been ruined by beating-
it lor trivial reasons. Wc have known horses to be
beaten because they accidentally stumbled. The
residt was dial the next ume Uiey stumbled diey
loured iiol only a tall, but a punishment; uud
and ui die effort to avoid both, broke die vehicle and
upset tiie driver. Almost every house-keeper lias,
ut some time or other, hud a cow spoiled by die ir-
ritability Of a milk-maid. By always speaking
boisterously and harsh, all command over a now is
lor all time lost,-— siie reluses to give down her
milk — tlu> mlilum l»ucoiuc iullttuuu9ii| and Ui urn
end the cow is ruined. ...
There is never anything gained by liarahnass to
any animul, and, there is much to be lost. Sell-oou>
iroi is um necessary m die stock-yard, us m our niter -
couso with, man, ami is a vmuro anywhere. — l,Iowa
Farmer.
effort to do right, owing to human infirmity, opera-
ted upon by the spirit of evd ; hence die hunuui
fumily require "line upon line, precept upon precept,
dial by practising thorougldy upon what they recieve
diey may go on fkun perfection to perlecuou, or in
other words, each walk perfeedy in his own sphere.
Inasmuch us the spirits of men iiave wisely been
organized us diverse in power und pecuiiarites as
dieir number, it is not expected, possible, or desirable,
dial the thoughts arid acuous ol mankind berua in
the same mould, but it is positively necessary lor ev-
ery one who wishes salvation undent celestial law,
to abide thut law. Any course short oi this will de-
prive that jiersou of a Juli sulvulion, tor every one
will be “ rewurded according to die deeds done in
die body,” lienee those who ore striving to dwell
with die just, must uniformly perform good deeds to
the extent of dieir capacity, e> diey will sutler more
or less loss, ll tins principle were alwuys kept m
mind, and uctod up to ugrecubly to die dictutes ol the
Spini ol thu Lord, uud the counsels ol Ins servants,
every saint would !>o dilhgent in doing ull thu good
ui Ins |siwer, und no one could be found reiunnug
tithing m kind uliur it wu. due, nor couuuuting u
without leave from die proper authority, nor oven
limiting his uid to die loiter ol the law us commonly
understood, but each would liveware that every pub-
lic improvement is u public benefit, uud allow no
limn io Ins public and private ollbris, short of thu
utmost of lus skill and ability, Then fuitli would
increase in u powerful rulio ; good works would
ulioimd, die kingdom would roll lorth with groudy
Extract of President Bngam Youngs oormou
at iho close of the Conference In the Tabei-
nacle, Great Salt Lake City. April 6 1854
l never expect to cease calculating, planning and
executing, until tins people can orgunizi from the
native elements, everything they wish lor hie, lor
d... oration, ami for Ih-uuiv. m their existence upon
lies earth, preparatory lo liner lasing luid away m the
sdent grave, us the lu die r» und mothers ol a free und
iiidejiendrui uation, who m liwir life scorned to !»•
de|s'nding slaves 10 any nation or JHiople ujh.ii
die earth.
These lire also III-' feelings ol this great people,
ol every mail and woman who iias the cause ol Xion
m heart. They ralouiate lo upnratu, mul coniinui
lo operate, with all Ihe ability, skill, mgenmly and
|hhv. i ihai f , i.l jileusu* lo la-slow upon liiem, tint tl
il, ey ii< , imiijiIisIi every lamlable ohjecl on earth,
anil have made ll like die gulden ol Eden , nun!
they decorate u with vineyards und orchards, uud
every kind ol shubbery that is beautiful, and sweet,
scented (lowers, and every kind ol delicious fruit ;
until they have everyiltmg thut is necessary lor com-
fort. for convenience, und lor urnnnwiM, to decorate
die' jivtsons ol the Saints, and the jmluCes und the
temples of Zion. VN « calculate to continue our op-
erations, until we cun make everything that ever bus
been made by an)* people, und then keep on opera-
ting until we make a great many tilings that never
have been mude.
We are in our infancy in the urt ol manulactur-
mg, und we must crceji belore ve can walk. In
leiiniing to walk we may stumble uud lull some-
tunes, but we will rise again, und by degrees guin-
slrength, and, increase in strength and wisdom, Irom
year to yeur until, like the child that has overcome
die weakness of iulnney, *« cun leap the bounds
that were once impassable barriers, or lake our course
over rough and rugged pluces with ease und safety
or skip over a stream, make our way through the
brush, und thread the lubrmths of mountains and
toresis. Tins comparison will apply to this church.
As u jHiople we are ol age according to the laws
ol die land, and wo ought lo leel the strength and
exercise die wisdom of a man. 1 his (Jtiurcli is in
tier twenty-fourth year. When she was ubout lour-
treu years old, she was requested lo choose a guar-
dian, hut she did not see fit lo make choice ol the
person who wished lo become her guurdiuu choos-
ing rather to live guard mnless, until ot age.
Now, brethren, we Iiave hud u good Qoulcreiico.
1 do not know tiiai wo buve ever enjoyed u better.
Queen V ictorm, of England, rules over the most
populous, woaltlty, and powerful empire on the globe.
Uu her dominions the sun never sots; and under her
government the peujile ol Eughutd and Scotland at
least, enjoy more freedom tfiun under any other
monarchy
Queen Viclorui m now thirty-five yours ago ; ol a
mild und amiable disposition, and is an exunijilary
wife and mollior. But as a ruler, slio exercises little
real authority. Her Cabinet Councillor* and Par-
lituiumt ure the actual rulers ol the British Empire.
is nearly as groat as
1‘Yottl till* Ul’BlTBt Nt*\VH
TO THfc BAINT3 IN UTAH
l ju»n louvmg your lonuer hollies to gather to theso
valleys ui the requirement* of the Lord through Ins
servants, where you could worship Ihe God of Israel
in uccordtuwe w illi Ins coniinundincute, your heurts
glowed with gratitude loi your delivoruncu from the
wickedness uud oppression whit h pmvail ui the world,
and you wer«! lull) persuaded that from and after
your hi rival here, you would devote all your tune,
energies, uud ineuus, lu a mamier every wuy Unom-
mu a hit Kit. tor your salvuliou, and ol the sulvution
The naval jniwer ol Eiigluud
thut ol all other nations combined ; and her commerce
and manufactures greater liiun that ol any otlior uu*
tion. . -
Uscar, King ol Sweden, is novv in the jiruno ol
life, and personally, is strongly inclined to side with i
the Czar in thu |iresent war. But Ins people, almost
luiunimoualy, are hostile towards Russia. Au urmed
neutrality is liis declared position, und io this position
and ns rights the Czar accedes.
The King of Denmark is under personal obliga-
tion to the Emperor of Russia, but is compelled by
his position uud the voice of his people, to udupt the
policy of neutrality.
The King of Belgium is controlled m his policy
by dread ot lus powerful neighbor ol France.
Christina, Queen ol Spam, is fully occupied just
now with the insurrectionary movements of her peo-
ple, who are disgusted with her open prolhgacy, her
disregard ol the weitare ol her subjects, and the ar-
bitrary principles of her government. She is young,
i but her reign will probably be short.*
The King of Sardinia would be a liberal , il backed
by any power thut would' enable him lo contend with
the myrmidons of Austria.
The Kmg of Naples is an unmitigated tyrant,
blood-thirsty, cruel, and resolved on maintaining the
“ divine rignt of kings ; ” und such » thu temper ol
his subjects towards linn, thut he has u very tail'
chance of meeting a sudden and violent death. A
few years ago he was jin accomplished horseman
and charioteer, and might be seen almost daily driv-
ing through the streets ol Naples, with u lrequent
nod of recognition lo Ins people, lie is now seldqm
seen, except when surrounded by his guards, lie
is a Bourlxm of the French family, and is friendly
to Russia ; but his inliuence among tile Europeun na-
tions is ol little account.
Utiio, King of Greece, is a mere cipher, u tool in
the hands of England and France.
Such are the principal sovereigns of Europe, at the
coinnu iceiuent of a general war thut is likely to
urove one of the most sanguinary and momentous
POLYGAMY IN OTAH.
The following appears m Nickel a Jo
in No.w York city
The House of
days not long since,
These toolings were prompted by the Holy Spirit,
and while under its immediate influence, hud you
been told how lar you might stray, after settling in
your new homes, you would have tieeu moved upon
io reply in tiie words Hazael, “ Bui what ! is thy
serv ant a dog, that lie should do tills great thing t
Now, uiusmueh us those good leelmgs oitenUUies
pass nwuy, and many tire induced to urt widely
difi'erent- Irom vvliat they anticipated, and some even
go so far us to make slap-wreck ol their faith, we
deem it proper to publish a few remarks upon die
spirit of man, the Spirit of the Lord, und the spun
of evil, and from time to tune, upon these subjects the
proper understanding ol which may conduce to your
lUIIipUiak ciitii opivrtuui wolluro
When starting oil your journey, your limb was
strong, your understandings clear, and you could dis-
cern between truth and error ; but soon die adversa-
ry, hiking advantage of the weaknesses of huiuan-
i uiiure, endeavored to induce you to become impa-
tient, to find fault Willi die sayings and doings of your
brethren, to neglect your prayers, and begin lo doubt
and become Selt-sUttioieiil. This being accomplish-
ed, a person becomes disagreeable lo himself, to. Ins
lunnly if lie hus one, to ins animals, lor diey have rea-
son, and in short lo all die true intelligences urouud
lum, und the travel over the dreary und monotonous
plums becomes vexatious insleud of pleasant, and a
profitable lesson oil the pages of probation is left un-
learned, or in oilier words worse, lor evil hus usurp-
ed the place ot gopd, and insteud of an udvunce, the
course is retrogude us diere is no neutral point in
Representatives spent two whole
, in debating dial most aro usi n g
ot modem bugaboos, the Polygamy of Utah.
A bill was pending providing for some surveys and
grants of laud to settleA in Utah, when the Mormon
delegate, Mr. Bemhisel, a very dignified, estimable
man, moved to strike out die proviso, that no land
should be given to any man who hud more than one
wife. Mr. Bemhisel said, that such a proviso would
be a hardship to many of his constituents, aud that
the more wives a man had, die more land he needed
to support diem. ,
But our moral and most orthodox Congress could
not ucccpi tills sensible doctrine, and so there sprung
up a long debate, in which some fitly members de-
fined their position respecting polygamy. The South-
ern Siunes' rights men took Uie ground that Congress
had no business with domestic lnsuiulions, while leg-
islators of tiie other extreme, were for crushing out
the whole polygamic system, by die whole powpr ot
Congress. The abolitionists hulled hard at the po-
lygamic relations ol Southern gentlemen, with their
concubines, while die South, haughty and indignant,
repelled the insinuation.
A more ridiculous exhibition ol affected morality,
we have seen no report ol. There were men de-
nouncing polygamy who have been more polygamic
than any Mormon, the difference being that die
Mormon is more honest and above-board. Ihe
oidy difference that we can see between Mormons
Nicholas, Emperor ol Russia, is fitiy-nme years
old, six feel one inch high, erect and soldierlike in
form, huughty in demeanor, proud ol his person, and
when young, was decidedly handsome. He is in-
telligent, shrewd, stern, resolute, and by no means
wanting in jiersonal courage. He is a good disci-
plinarian, but not a skillful commander in war, as
vvus proved in liis younger days. His information
in regard to die coudiuon aud policy ot all nations is
minute and extensive, his plans vust, his ambiuon
boundless. In die last respect he represents the
Russian chruucier and seaunient.
The same disposition prevails in Russia now to
pour down on the more lair, and wealthy, and sunny
realms of the soudt and west of Europe, as in die
days when the Roman Empire was overwhelmed.
Frederick William, King ol' Prussia, is the broth-
er-in-law of the Czar, but a very different kind of a
man. He is about fifty years old, despotic in feel-
ings, but somewhut liberal by compulsion. He
would gladly join the Emperor of Russia in his plans
if he Oared ; but Ids people are otherwise iuclmed.
He is fat, a good-looking, tolerably good-natured,
aud somewhut stupid sort ol man.
Should the present war continue for some yeurs,
he will probably be found on the side of Russia. His
present declarations for neutrality is merely designed
to gain time to wuteh the course of events for one
and dien shupe his course according to
dustnously earned means to support and grauly his
widnis in doing nothing, or next lo nothing, nor va-
eute tjieir lunus. imd buddmgs and invite him to oc-
cupy without price, and iie begins, like the inebriate
who fancied ail the city intoxicated but himself, to
imagine thut evtii the First Presidency are going
wrong, and need the suggestions of liis unerring wis-
dom to guide them m the patn of duty, forgetting
that they, like ull others, are only aineuuhle to their
superiors.
ft would be as reasonable to suppose that the leel
Were designed tU-threct the head, tlmt evil is good,
and good is evil, os to expect good thoughts, correct
counsel, and corresponding action from the above
described character, until lie repents, and does liis
first works over. : Still it often happens thut insteud
of repenting, aud .bringing forth fruits meet therefor,
such au one infects others within his influence,
though never unless their iniudB tire more or less
ready to receive erroneous ideas.
W ell, we are ifr the valleys of the mountains, with
none but uurfcelveS to oppose us in doing tiie will ol
the Lord ; far, unless listened to, evil spirits have no
power over ours to turn us from the puthway of right-
, eousuess, aua still;’ there is plenty ol room tor refonn-
achusetts, lie would Iiave been sent to State s prison.
Briglmm Y oungv Governor of Utah, and husband
of tiurty-six wives, may be os good a man as the
Putriarciis, whoso example he professes to follow.
He may not lie us mighty as David, but he hus not
so muny concubines. He may not be so wise as
Solomon, neither has he so many wives. At a hum-
ble distance he follows in the footsteps of these gifted
men ol antiquity
We think with the State's rights men, that Con-
gress has no business with tiie domestic institutions
of Utah, any more than with those ot Turkey. W e be-
lieve iti individual rights and in individual sovereign-
ty, and deny the rtgl4 of any Congress, Legislature,
Constitution, or Majority, any man or body ol men,
to interfere with so purely personal a mutter as whom
we love, or how many.. There is no more right on
die purt of any body to interfere, than there is with
our breakfast.
People are predicting that we shall have trouble
about Utah, bo we shall, and shall deserve to have
it, it we meddle with what don t concern us. What
possible business is it to any citizen of New Y ork,
how many wives some man has in the City ol the
Salt Lake ?
To avoid all trouble, we have only to nuud our
own business. AU the trouble will be ol our own
niukmg. To refuse to admit Utah as a State, with
polygamy, would be just as stupid as to refuse to
make a treaty with any oriental nation on the same
ground. Polygamy exists over three-fourths ol the
British empire. Polygamy exists, recognized or un-
recognized bv law, in the whole human race.
The Merciful Man la Merciful to his Beasts.
There is great truth in this ancient uduge. The
man who is kind in liis lainily circle and tender, oi
die feelings, and to the frailties of others, is inva-
riubly kind to liis domestic animals. No one can
be really considerate and affecuouaie by his fireside,
and be imperious aud barberous with his horses and
'cattle. The man who would seuslesaly over-burden
his horses, and beat them fox not perloriniug uu im-
possibility, would with just as much unconcern over-
task the delicate frames of bis children. He who
unoiereifuly beats his oxen, would apply die same
lash to his wife when he is iritatod , il he dared ^ do so.
We would be restrained by no higher mifrv'e than
the law's penalties No man cau change is heart
every day, between ills dwelling and Ins^^ile. It
campaign,
results.
Francis Joseph, Eiuperor of Austria, is about
twenty-three years old, and has succeeded in raising
small inustaeiiios ler his handsome luce, and a small
loan for his exhausted ireusury. He lias a high,
broad toreheud, a good form, about five (eet leu
inches in height, and is ail expert- and aii excellent
horseman. He exhibits no signs of extraordinary
administrative capacity, and will proliably add little
to the- reputution of die house o! Hapsburg. He fell
in love with a young lady, last lull, at first sight, and
was receudy married to her.
His government is almost bankrupt in pec’uuiary
resources, his people are discontented, and his em-
pire is exposed to desperate peril between the con-
tending interests and nations now at war on the con-
tinent of Europe. He is gready indebted to the
Emperor of Russia, aud would join him in the par-
tition of Turkey, but lor die dread of die vengeance
of the western powers, and the opposition of his
people. His position is perilous, turn which way he
will, aud neutrality is almost impossible.
Abdul Medjid, Sultan of Turkey, is but thirty-
three years of age, though he hus a daughter mar-
ried and two more betrotlied. He is radier small in
stature, with a sallow, sad, and mild expression of
countenance. He is in tavor ol reforms in his em-
pire ; is just and merciful in Ins rule, aud delights
more in superintending liis schools and public im-
provements than in marshaling his armies and na-
his temper is ungovernable at tne one plate, it can-
not be kept quietly subdued at the other. A whirl-
wind of passion begun at the stable, not uulrequent-
ly sweeps through the whole domestic establishment;
someumes leaving it a desolation. V iolence begets
violence. A fierce, vindicite disposition is a vitrol
that eats into all that it touches, and leaves a sore at
every spot. It is contagious. The child receives
it legitimately from the parent, and the cow and
die horse acquire it quite as easily.
W as ever a man of violence known lo possess a
quiet, gende, obedient domestic annual ! Axe not
ail his caide breechy, his horses bulky, liis cows ad-
dicted to kicking ? Everything is awry with him,
because he is at enmity with everything- Animals
soon learn to fear such a man, but fear does not al-
ways produce obedience. They tear to be approach-
ed by him. They know not whether they are to re-
cieve a kick, or a blow, but their experience has
taught them that they are sure of one or die oth-
er. Why sho'dd diey obey their master's will, when
his rewards and punishments are paid ur the same
coin? '
Have you not seen men who were dear to every
rlnmuftiii- ('ii*i*Ih — whese vorv coinioiz' in at the door
You reply that these are old truths with which we
are perfeedy familiar, and the reply is correct ; dien
why not live more closely in accordance widi your
knowledge, and day by day watch aud chasten your-
selves, casting aside temptations, overcoming evils, dial
unclean spirits may not find place in your taberna-
cles, that yot^ may constantly grow in the knowledge
ol the uutti, and that grace may be continually multi-
plied to you ? 'l*iie answer comes booming up on
ever) side, — “ $te spirit is indeed willing but the
llesii is weak,” but oinuting the command which im-
mediately precedlfcii, viz : “ watch aud pray, that ye
tenter not into teinjiiutiou,'' Taking the question as
a wade, it affords an excellent key to the plan, and
economy ol this probuuon, wherein we are made
“ subject to vanijy,” but not enjoined any duty
wtucli is out of our power to perform.
Bui uistead of all walking uprighdy, at all times,
aud uuder ull circumstances, each pursuing his par-
uculai- avocation witn his face steadlasdy set Zion-
ward, one goes tdjihis buildings, fields, or stock, and
becomes so absorbed in dieir improvement, and in-
crease, thathd torgeis why he came here;thal the Hands
upon the Public W orks need food to sustain file dial
alter all he is only a steward at most, and at length
even forgets to thank the Giver of all he possesses ;
while another, suit more culpuble in that he produ-
ces nothing, s Drives to amass wealth, and build up e
name by becoming a mere trader, and far too often
a shaving trader,, uud of course he too is soon fully
theimbued with die ruling passion ol selfishness, aud
purpose for whic4 he oarno here is almost, if not
wholly lost sight of.
Incorruptible Railroad ixmubo,— ii we may
believe the New Orleans Delia, el' the 14th uk.,
sleepers on railways, dial is, wooden ones, may rest
undisturbed for a period as indefinite ps the repoee
of die fossils. A preparation lias been invented for
ihq preserv&uou ol submerged timber, con s i s ti n g ol
asptialtum, sulphur and arsenic. It is applied like a
print, when the wood is dry. A marine railway in
Uuliloruia, to which it was applied, remains perfectly
sound, while timber of the same species by tte «d«
has twice required removal- Mr. Swann, of Shoal
Water Bay, is die inventor-
—
It is common to speak of those whom a flirt has
jilted, as her victims. This is a grave error. Her
real victim is the man whom she accepts. This re-
minds us of a simile we saw somewhere: A co-
quette is a rose from whom every lover plucks a leaf,
tU thorn N*M» M h* Jidi** hmb^nd-
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ST. LOUIS LUMINARY— SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1854.
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e tjr Se>t. puis Ynminarj.
ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY, DHtKMBER 2, 1854
LIST OF AGENTS FOR THE LUMINARY
J«ew Jutes Magaw.
'>'**hvitl*, Tcnn., H. W. Church.
Hamsun counlv. Twa*. W iliiam Maitindsl*
Mltariteounty, Texan, S. M. Blarr.
Preston Thotnaa. Trawling Agent for the South
Cincinnati, O., Hon. Oraoii Spencer.
Surlngtield, O.. A. R Wright,
Pittsburgh, Pa., B. F. Winchester.
Kentucky General Ajnmt.J. M. Barlow
Keokuk, Iowa, Char lei Clark.
Philadelphia, Samuel Ha; rlaon, Poplar, below lZtb St.
Anthony Winters. Esq., North Second St.
Bluff City, It>wu, Wm. H. Foleon. and L O. Littlefield.
Maqualteta, Iowa, J Dalrymple
Oiavois, .Mo., Charles Maxwell
Fairfield, Ind.. John Wicket.
Altjumo, Ind., Stephen lioldtlq;
Alton, 111., Henry J. Hudson
Cuntrevtllc, ill.. James Kllindy
Lowell. Mass., Eliakim J. Lima
General Agent for Massachusetts, N H Felt
Kan Jose. Cal., J. M. Horner.
San Boruidibo, Cal., C. L’. Kich.
General Agent for Utah, Hon. Z. Snow.
Cedar City',' I'tih. 'Hon. 1. C. Haight.
Tiareling Aiders generally will please act as agents.
EMIGRATION OF THE EUROPEAN SAINTS
IMPORTANT C HANOI!
For about fifteen years nearly all our emigration
from Europe, destined for Hie western States, have
been snipped from Liverpool via New Orleans, to
this place But the increasing mortality among the
emigrants on that route for some years past, coupied
with recent movements of the church in appointing
garnering places in me cast, lias ied me Presidency
of the Church to change die tide of our emigration
trom New Orleans to die eastern cities
The following i- an abstract of Pres't B. Young's
letter u! instruction 14*111 this subject, to Elder ol F.
I» Richards, President ui the Church in Europe, und
gcneml einig rating agent at Liverpool
You are aware of the sickness liable to nssail our
uuaccli mated Iretliren on 'he Mississippi river, hence
I wish you to ship no more to \>-tv Orleans but ship
tc Philadelphia liuston, and New York. giving pre-
ference in the order named Whenever you sh.p a
company, whethei ii be small or large, lie careful to
lorward to Elder John Taylor, at New Y’orfe city, a
correct list of die names of the persons in each com-
pany, with their occupation, and appioximute amount
ol property or means and forward it in season lor
Elder John Taylor to receive it before the company
arrive ui port, dial In may be so advised as to be
able to meet them, or appoint some proper person to
do so, and counsel them immediately on landing as.
to the best course lor each and ail m every company
to pursue — viz., whether to lairy for a season to work
m the ' piac-e or immediate neighborhood ol their
landing, or proceed to Cincinnati und iis region. &t .
In case any mould still choose to ship for New
Orleans, ship them from England no later than about
the? 1st of December, mm they may be able 10 gel off
the rivers lie I ore the sicklv season sets in, for many
have died off With the cholera and ouier diseases in-
cident to tiie sickly season on the liters, and I do
not wish the brethren to lie so exposed as they have
/been; and counsel them to hurry up the rivers, und
gat off from them into Missouri und Iowa to v. ork,
or on the plains, as the case may be, beloie die v arm
weather sets in-
Pursuant to these instructions, vve learn from I res-
ident Richards that he will send out to New Orl inns
two qi ymec ship loads about this time, and about
46<j|;fct»iius from Denmark, aftei which diere wi I be
n rAtsaiion until arttangeinenut are completed lor
shipping to the 'cistern cities and for trail tportinfc our
emigrants the:u " to Cincinnati. St Louis, and die
point o! outfit lot Utah.
We are now m couununtcaQoti with Brest It ■ h-
ards upon this subject, and anticipate a commence-
ment of emigration by tnat route as early as the first
of February.
The appointment of Ciucmuati, St. Louts, and
other places m the States at, places of gathering for
the Saints, has imparted fresh vigor to thousands of
European Samis, whose means are inadequate to an
outfit for the plains, but who will now rush to these
more accesrabk- points in the Slates.
hunting patty of ten whites, who returned to Big
Blue wuii Ha-: news, before Mr. L. turd company
left that ploce.
The party kept a strict guard over their animals
night and' day,; while encamped, winch is die only
safe mode of traveling through an Indian country.
h is under# t*xi that Col. Steptoe will, during hia
stay in Utah, make an effort to punish the Pavautees
who murdered C apt. Gunuisen and his party.
I m mig a aTi off. — On the 29th November, Captain
James Brown a^td company with 4*2 wagons, on the
30th, Dr. Darwin Richardson and company widi 40
wagons, aod ore the 1st of October, Elder Daniel
Cam and company with 38 wagons, arrived in this
city in good condition, and camped on Union Square.
The Chttrch S’ rain is now coining in.
Elder Robert Campbell, in the rear companies,
writes to Govetjor Y'oung from Fort Kearnev, Aug.
21, that their cattle are fat, the feed and roads good,
and that Bro. Bppy arid the rear company were only
a few daya. beh)nd them. They were making good
headway, and will doubtless be able to escape die
inclement weather, as ail are probably this side of
tree South ^ass^nnd perhaps this side of Green river.
Exsteus Mail. — The last Mail brought an unu-
sual number of the latest dates from important points,
being to August 7th from Liverpool, to the 26th from
New York rend Baltimore, to the 28th from St, Louis,
and 30th from Independence
As heretofore most of our illustrated papers, peri-
odicals, and magazines are stopped somewhere 1 short
of this city j and: iif those who plunder them from the
mail bags or jxrst offices, will forward us their ad-
dress. with theijr qualification before some judicial
officer, that they are too poor to pay for the papers
they steal Vve will endeavor to supply them direct
from the publisher, for we have endured this kind
of treatment imioh longer than is pleasant or profit-
able.
FocndkY. — j(V small foundry has been erected ad-
joining the 'blacksmith shop on Temple Block, and
Bro. Morgan Phelps is casting cog wheels, cranks,
Sic. and is prepared to make iron, brass, und copper
castings of any inquired pattern, and cheaper than
the" can be imported.
As the quantify of material on hand is small, the
brethren arp icquesied to bring pot metal, old brass,
anu copper' to the Tithing Office, and encourage
home manufacture, and be credited ou their tithing
for articles otherwise useless.
Tbe bench of the U. S, District Coun lor Utah is
again full, Judge Shavei continuing, and Judges
Kinnev and Stiles having arrived.
LATEST FROM UTAH
On Wednesday evening, Nov 22d, Mr. Howard
Livingston, ol the firm of Livingston, Kmkead, &.
Co., arrived, in this city from Salt Laks city, which
place lie left On tiie evening of the 6th Oct., with a
small company of traders and returning Californians,
and made ihe trip io rite Missouri in tony days.
By tins arrival we have news one week later than
by la»t mad, and a j;opy of the Deseret News, of
Nov. 5th, kindly furnished by Mr. Livingston, trom
which a few extracts will be found below
a
When the party left Suit Lake ihe Indians were
quiet.
The weather continued warm and dry Trade
dud and money scarce.
Those transient merchants who expected to make
a fortune out of die Mormons this year, find they
have struck too high, and would now gladly close
out at a small advance Livingston. Kinkead St Co.,
and other permanent traders who ’ are interested in
the future prosperity of the Territory, are endeavor-
ing to monopolize the domestic trade on a principle
that will retain the money in circulation among the
people . . They therefore make all remittances this
year m drafts on the government and other exchange.
The traders and merchant trains were all . in ex-
cept J. M. Horner & Co.'s last two trams, one of
which was met as far back as Sweetwater
The Mormon emigration were nearly all in-
The large company of Danish Saints were arri-
ving in the v«rUy-as Mr. L. left, on the evening of
,th« 6 th
He tfiet Mr Empy in Echo canyon, but las com-
pany of P E. Fund passenger* were met one day
west of Green river — teams in good condition.
Saw a party of Crow Indians at Devil’* Gate, and
about 20 lodges Arrappahpes at bridge on North
Piau — appeared friendly
1 Met the October mail, bound out. at Deer Creek.
Mules badly used op
All quiet at Laramie. Traders there anticipated
a dull wiqtei Knew not where the Sioux were
gone. Mist Col. Hoffman's command of 100 men
near crossing of South Plan. •„
Indians, supposed to be Cheyennes, were keeping'
up their depredations at Port Kearney. A number
of mules had just been stolen from the mail station
at thai place. Met the November mail at Little
Blue. '
About 1000 Pawnees crossed their track just be-
hind the party; beyond Big Biue, and drove back a
TO THB SAINT’S IN ST LOUIS
Extract oi Bidet Snow’s Remarks, on Sunday.
12th November.
• * * l hoar occasionally of sickness in the
different parts of the city mnongsi the brethren and
sisters. As cold weather is approaching, we may
reasonably pxpect that among the various classes
that compose the Latter-day Saints in St. Louis and
•its vicinity, there will be from tins time more or less
among them requiring assistance, especially the sick.
While we are willing as far as we arc able, and our
other duties will allow, to minister among the breth-
ren, und especially the sick — to counsel, comfort,
and assist them, yet we wish that every faithful man
of God that bears the priesthood, especially the mem-
bers of the High Council, the Bishop and his coun-
sellors, and tiie Presidents of die wards to feel an
interest in these things, and that it rest upon them
in connection with ut. I wish these, my brethren to
bear this in mind, and to open their hearts, and in-
quire of the Lord to know his will and enjoy the
mind of lus spirit. A nd if they are not already feel-
ing the spirit Hnd po.ver of their office, continue in
prayer that they iuh-,’ have the spirit of God to be
with them, and be apt to teach and reudy to comfort
and minister to those who stand in need, and succor
those who are sick, and thereby the burden will be
light on all of its ; and many hearts will be gladdened
by our labor?. And I wish those who have charge
of the different wards and branches particularly, to
have an open ear all the time to the voice of the
jroor, atid not allow those who may be sick or desti-
tute to want for the means to warm and make them
comfortable, that their cries go not up before God
against those whose duty it is to attend to them.
It is not expected because we have appointed and
sei apart men ttf this office, that they will bear (he
whole burden — that they will do it all themselves.
Those who have the charge of the different wards,
and the visiting brethren who are acquainted with
the Saints, should aid the Bishop, and in cases of
need apply to him, and upon their recommendation
the Bishop will render them such assistance as he
can according to the means in his possession.
Soon we shall have a great many of our foreign
emigration here, and some of them perhaps destitute.
I wish, therefore, every man in Israel, particularly
die Elders and visiting brethren, to consider them-
selves a vigilance committee, to keep their eyes and
ears open, and learn of every opening and avenue
by which they can throw employment into die hands
of those triio stand in need. And be prepared in
every ward in the city to furnish, at any given mo-
ment! lists of vacant places, or where men may find
employment in different 'situations, that we may be
able to get our foreign brethren into work immedi-
ately on their arrival. Every’ one should think of
this from this time forward, and soon we shall call
upon you io bring in reports, and lend your aid in
these things.
S. J Lees, Reporter.
Summary of Local Correspondence
Eld er H. W. Church writes from Hickman county,
Term., Nov. ftl, enclosing subscriptions for the Lu-
minary, and states that he has baptized three per-
sons, and has a prospect of baptizing several others
soon. He and Elder Wiley B. Corbit, who is now
with huu, are expecting soon to direct then labors
into the State of Alabama .
Elder S. M. Blair, under date of Port Sullivun,
Texas, Nov 8, says; “ I received your circulars for
the issuing of onodier bright Luminary in the con-
stellations of Mormonism. My heart rejoiced at the
prospect of a paper to be published m Sl Louis by
you. Long had I cogitated ou such a plan for dif-
fusing knowledge. I intend to send you at least
twenty-five subscribers, and hojie to make it fifty.”
Elder James McGaw informs us that he arrived
at his post in New Orleans, La., on the lSih of No-
vember. His address is Caledonia House, comer of
Payder and Commerce streets.
Elder James Case was in Springfield, 111., Nov.
29th, endeavoring to awaken to a newness of life
the remnant of the Saints in that city. He expects
soon to pursue his journey to Ohio. In reply to his
inquiries about the missing numbers of tbe Lumina-
ry, we would say to the Saints, the full complement
of the first number were forwarded ito one package,
and if they were not forthcoming they must look to
their postoffice for them
Elder Thos. B. Pierce writes from Cedar Grove,
Ind., Nov. id, that there are many Saints scattered
in that vicinity, some of whom are firm in the faith
serving the Lord, while others are sickly, dying, or
dead ; but of these many are reviving, since his arri-
val among them. We would say io Elder* Pierce
that if anything will cause those sickly brandies to
bear fruit, it is transplanting iliem into another soil,
even in Zion, or one of her stakes.
Elder Oscar Tyler writes under date of October,
30th, that he has been preaching along near the
coast of Texas. Quite a call for our books, und in-
quiry among the people, but they tue slow to obey
tbe Gospel. He has had the pleasure of baptizing
his mother and six other of Ins kin folks, and many
of the neighbors are believing.
We learn from Elder Win. Munreulale, under
date of October 31, (bat aftei tong and tedious la-
bors in Harrison county, Texas, where he had moun-
tains of prejudice to overcome, he has finally be-
gun to baptize, and hopes to reap the fruit of his la-
bors.
*
Elder James Sly writes from Cauboro, Canada
West, Nov. 14, that iijioii ^i.< arrival in that country
he met with a cold welcome, mid had many hard-
ships to contend with ; and lie had been compelled
to minister to his wants .by his own hand's labor ; but
through perseverance, and by the blessing of the
Lord, he had got an opening among the people, and
had baptized two, with a prospect of many more soon
following.
From all quarters our' correspontlunra tmil ilie Lu-
minary with joy. We wish them to use their utmost
exertions to increase its circulation, and lorward us
all the means possible; (bills of any sound bank;)
urging every Inend of the cause to subsc.ibe for as
many papers as possible, dial we may be enabled to
meet the heavy expenses incurred 'by the Luminary
in its infancy.
* New Paper. — The World Advancing
We find on our table Die St. Louis Luuinary, a
new weekly, devoted to the exposition ui d defense
of Mormonism. or the church of the Latter-day Saints,
edited by Erasius Snow, ft is of respectable -size
and appearance so far as the mechanical part is con-
cerned, and sent abroad at two dollars per annum.
Tliis paper will undertake to show that Mormonism
is pot so bad after all ; that men may have a dozen
wives and all be right, that diseases can be ■ ured
now as in the days of Christ — by the prnvers of the
“ Saints" and the annointing of oil — and of course
will demonstrate clear as a sunbeam, that no poor
" C entile ” ought to refuse his cow, horse, or mule,
or nis com or potatoes to be taken possession of, at
any moment, by the “ Saints,’’ when the “ Lord has
need of them.” In fine, we rnay expect the clouds
and fogs of error and superstition which have so long
hung over our unfortunate country, to be all dis-
pelled by the effulgent light of this "Luminary ." —
Mb. Cumberland Presbyterian.
Thank you, brother Presbyterian; umy your most
sanguine expectations be realized , may die ’’fogs
wliich have so loiig hung over you," disappear, and
the; “ cows, horses, mules, com and potatoes, come 1
into the possession of the Saints.". As to the right
to a dozen wives, we leave that problem to you and
the ladies themselves to work out; but experience,^
will teach you that men of no more than ordinary ca-
pacities had better not strike so high, lest die “right”
be made to yield to “ mtghi ; ’’ at least so we think.
1
LATEST NEWS BY THU SANTA FB MAIL.
Gov. Memwehthei has held a “ talk ” with tbe
Utahs. There was near two hundred of them pres-
ent, and only two.bauds out of the three present ; the
Capote band failed in their attendance. The con-
ference was productive of much good feeling, and
die Indians gave assurance of remaining at peace
with the whites.
By this mail \« learn that the inhabitants of Me-
silla valley have acknowledged the jurisdiction of
the States over them, and that they have also sur-
rendered two or three fugitives.
Jesus Maria Baca, of the Democratic party, has
been elected sheriff in Santa Fe county, to fill the
vacancy of Lorenzo Labadi, appointed Indian Agent.
A chief and about fifty Indian*, of the Jaca alias
tribe were killed :at Cienguilla battye.
Railxoaiis t^ the United States.— The total
leDgth of railroads completed and in use on the flrsi
of January. lSo-lj, is estimated at 15,490 miles ; and
that in various stages of progress, and in the hands
of engineers, at pearl.y 25,000 miles more, making
in all a total oi of some 40,000 miles constructed, of
o be constructed i within a Few years,
KANSAS TERRITORY.
The Missouri Republican contains ihe proceedings
and resolutions of a mass meeting of the settlers on
Big Blue river, in Kansas territory, the chief ob-
jects of which appears to be, to impress the public
with the idea that the vulley of Kansas river is the
natural route for the great Pacific railway, oud a
point on the Kansas near its confluence with Blue
river, the proper place for the future capitol and
commercial depot of the Territory, and that the im-
mediate survey of her public lands, and that too, by
her own citizens, aud an appropriation by Congress
for the improvement of the navigation of die Kansas
are objects of paramount importance.
The fifth resolve, which relates to the government
of the Territory, we here insert, as it involves a prin-
ciple relating to the got eminent of Territories in
general which we lightly touched upou last week:
Resolved, That the citizens of Kansas are not
only capable of constitutional self-government, but
that they are entitled to a preference in filling our
posts of trust and honor, and that we protest against
the common practice of appointing officers residing
out of the Territory, as such practice is frequendy
attended with unnecessary delays, incorrect action
growing out of indifference, and that tt is at war
widi the grand idea of self-government.
The Kansas Herald, of Oct. 20th, has the follow-
mg
Excubsio.n or the Goveanob. — Gov Reffder,
Attorney General Isacks, Judges Johnson and El-
more, Gen- Flenniken, Mr. Donaldson, Marshal,
and Dr. Ray B. Scott, started for Fort Leavenworth
on Wednesday evening last lor an excursion through
the Territory. They will go out on the north side
of the Kansas as far as die Potawuiamie agency, or
perhaps to Fort Riley, and return on the south side
of the river. They will remain out about two w eeks.
aud make whatever exploration their time and op-
portunities will permit.
TO OUR COUNTRY FRIENDS
We have sent the Luminary to mine of our friends
at a distance from whom we have, as yet, Imd no
returns. II any such do not wish to become subscri-
bers, they will pleas.* reinail the paper to us, or in-
form us by letter In the ineetuime we shall ran-
(ifitir sending it at discretion.
We intend, for the benefit of our country subscri-
bers, to publish a condensed statement of the St.
Louis market each week.
Our publication day will in future be Saturday.
THB MORMON
In another columnff to-day's paper will be found
the proipectua of the “Mormon,” a new weekly to
be published in New York. The “ Mormon" will
be edited by Elder John Taylor, formerly editor of
the “Times and Seasons," and “Nauvoo Neighbor,”
in die city of Nauvoo, subsequently of the “ Etoile du
Deseret," in the city of Paris, France, and “ Zion’s
Panter," in the city of Hamburg, Germany. Elder
Taylor has been so long and so favorably known to
the Saints that tve feel to promise a large subscrip-
tion list, ahd warm support for the “Mormon" from
that quarter
We would say to merchants and mechanics, those
that have articles to sell and those that have nothing
to do hut to read, that the “ Mormon ” offers facili-
ties for the advertiser that few papers in the
eastern States will have, owing to its extensive cir-
culation among the immigration from the eastern
States aud from Europe ; and to the reading public
the Mormon vyill be a rich treat, being fqrnished
with matter dr%wn from a clear and powerful mind,
and such reading mauer, too, as can be found in no
other paper published in the eastern cities.
Subscriptions and advertisement? for the Mormon
received at this, office, also by Alexander Dow, No.
133, Market street, between Fifth and Sixth
There are forty establishments in the U . States
engaged in the manufacture of locomotive engines.
These shops, it is estimated, turn out in busy times,
at least, 1,200 locomotives in a year. Above nine
thousand hands are employed, whose wages are
about S3, 500, 000 per annum. The iron consumed
ezeeeds forty-five thousand tons annually. The val-
ue dfthe prddtttth of these works is full ten million
dollars per annum.
Comsjmtkurc of tin Ciuninauj.
FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS
Bho. Snow — Yours, enclosing prospectus ol the
“ St. Louis Luminary " lias been received ; and v<>Ur
requests to me shall be attended to as punctually as
lime and opportunity shall admit.
I received the intelligence, dint you was to com-
mence publishing in this nnimlry. «uhk ilumkCnlncoa.
Iii addition, Elder Taylor Lad, while here, prospect-
uses printed for die Mormon,” to be soon issued,
weekly, at the city of New York Rumour has also
reached us of a proliability-tliat Elder Orson Spencer
will soon commence the issue of a pajicr at Cincin-
nati. Thus is coming to pass a sudden and unex-
pected order of things, winch are calridated to glad-
•den the hearts of the Saints, scattered through the
States, who, through poverty, sickness, or other una-
voidable hindrances, have been jirev euted from, ere
this, rearing peaceful homes in the valleys of Utah.
Yes, to have the counsels of the spirit, the words of
life, the voice of warning and encouragement, her-
alded to their homes from week to week, will bene-
fit them as vitally as a refreshing shower does the
earth when parched by the summer solstice, causing
vegetation to bloom afresh in its robes of beauty.
There is need of much good being done, and no
doubt much will be accomplished. The Press is a
mighty engine for good or evil, and when enlisted
in the cause of true religion, social reform, the lib-
erties of our fellow man, the education of the massefe,
the freedom of speech and die right of free discus-
sion — when it is directed by inielligeni and virtuous
minds for the good and ultimate salvation ol our race,
there is a power at work which will mark tree age in
wliich it exists with a favorable feature, destined to
live for the reference of future generations.
Who can calculate the amount of good now being
accomplished by the publication of the Deseret News,
the Millenial Star, &c. — sending abroad their ser-
mons ol life and salvation to be read in all nations
and by all people who will hear. What good has
been done, iu years 'hat are passed, by the Evening
and Morning Star, the Messenger and Advocate,
the Elders' Journal, the Times and Seasons, and
other periodicals, in connection with the Book, of
Mormon, now printed in many different languages,
and read by nations far and near ; as well as many
other books and pamphlets which different Eiders
have scattered through the world, written by the
spirit of truth and proclaiming the same great and
glorious plan of salvation to the world. All the good
cannot be calculated ; but a new literature has sprtmg
up with gems of new and sparkling truths— unths
which have been hidden since the foundauou of the
world, and kept from the knowledge of all, save
Christ, his apostles, and the inspired men and proph-
ets, as they stood in their lol and placd, from the be-
ginning. And I, for one, say let the good work go
on. Let (he Press send forth its streams of light un-
til its benign radiations light up the darkest portions
of the globe, and every kindred, tongue and people,
shall hear the glad ridings of salvation. And I hope
your labors may be crowned with success, and that
tbe Saints, and the well disposed of every class, will
give you the suppon necessary to defmy the expenses
of your paper. In the meantime, I will try and
keep your readers advised of the movements on this
frontier, as often as auytliihg shall transpire of pub-
lic interest. Respectfully,
L. O. LITTLEFIELD.
Cooscii. Bnurra, Nov. 11, 1854. V*
In the Ste. Genevieve Circuit Court, last week
Charles Pinckley was pm on his trial tor the murdei
of his wife in Ste. Genevieve county. The murder
was proved to be a brutal aud deliberate one ; the
jury lound the defendant guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to be hung on the 5th of January next* The
prisoner wept very bitterly when the sentence was
pronounced.
Bath tso. — When a man takes a full morning
bath, 9,000,000 mouths are open to thank him; for
every pore of his skinhas separate cause ta.be grate-
ful for his daily ablution.
THB YOUNG MOTHER
Buliold that fair young mother ! ecu how sort
Ami peacefully she smiles, os though her heart;
Reposing iu tho'fulhiciui of its. love,
Found perfect rest. Upon li«r miiowv breast
A smiling iufanrsleeps — her firm bora son,
Her virgin love's first dear embodiment.
H,ur husband sits Jioaide, half-bending, half
Supported by her chair, o’er which hiirarm
It, thrown protec tingly : with the proud joy
Possession gives, he feels they are his own,
And with fond admiration looks ou both.
But now a deeper glance — u warmer love
From hia soul rushes to hia sparkling eyes,
Which rest with rapture on her lovely form
When with most womanly and blameless art
She takes her Infant’s hand caressingly
And spreads its dimple beauty on her cheek.
Which now with deepest blushes is suffused
Bui that sweet art to hide its burning glow
Is powerless, and then she quickly stoops
To press his placid forehend with her Ups ;
But all iu vain, for now her trembling limbs
The soft coufuaipn of her heart betrays,
Till overpowered by love, she’s driven to hide
Her glowing face upon her husband’s breast.
And on her ready lips she now receives
The burning pressure of his fervent kiss,
Forgetting all but the absorbing love
With which she’d trusted her young life to him.
FuriboSt. Loato Lunutiac,.
THB WIFE
"A Tirieott* women U> * crown to Her amount ; tut tb« Uun ra«*Ui
Mbuxtsd it u rottenneu in ItU conn.” — Paov . mil 4, 6.
How rich the treasure, and how precious the pos-
session of a good wife. Who can tel her price *
The cofrtpamon*, the friend, the. help-meat, die advi-
ser. the, consoler of the husband under all circum-
stances; one tiuu, when all othars forsake him in
trouble, clings closer and closer to him, the more he
is unfortunate. The rude elements, and ruder hearts
of men tnav conspire against him, yet her frail form
never leaves kith, nor ever wearies in .administering
to his comfort. Care may make ltis cheeks wan,
and sickness his knees feeble ; adversity in business
may blight his hopes, and trouble crush his spirits,
but this will not 'crush her love. Even should hiu
feet wonder from the path of right und the world
frown down upon him, how then does she show her-
self the guardian angel of his patlif When ha
hesitates, how then does she labor to turn the cur*
rent of his actions in the right direction. It is then
that shit redeem himself: his errors and faults are
freely, but gently, referred to, us his vistues are
softly mentioned, lest in the one lie he despised) or
in the other hei cmie vuin ; others may deride and
Uniter, but it is the real interests that the wife seeks.
Her warnings are as tiie tlett -drops of wisdom : they
are as the anchor to Ins soul — sure and Mendlast
A man who owns such a wife, will seldom go far
astray. And is not site his counsellor? This does
not imply on her part an officious meddling — arbitrary
dictation in his affairs.; — no: but a due and timely
warning and faithful admonition of dm wife.
O, how unspeakably happy is the man whose
companion is such a wife. The countenance, the
spirit, the hopes aud conversation of that man is al
ways cheerful — his business nearly always prospei •
ous He rests safe trader that watchful care so pe-
cuhtr to the wife and mother. There is an instinct
abo it a woman, properly mated, deserving die name
of inspiration. How few men would fall into error
niuf ruin if they heeded the warning of. a faithful
wife. I he wileli secret fervor, too, in prayer, is
ulwiys beneficial. It sheds around him an influence
so genial and refreshing, that it aids his virtues to
shoot form widi (he vigor and strength of manhood ;
to ripen the good dial without Iter aid would ltav*
withered in the hud, Such a unto, indeed, is a
“ crown to her husband.”
Ou the contrary, a man has — yes, no wile, but &
woman weded, \yho is a cross one ; who cooks Iris
meals scold rag, and widi the breath that should cool
her broth, “blows him up," because, forsooth, he has
been demined in businers ten minutes longer than
he expected. One who continually growls at the
smallness of her husband's income. She can’t have
this and that like so and so ; whose great concern is
about her dollish self ; one who turns up. her nose
at the mudest apparel of die prudent wife ; one who
sees no necessity in prayer— in religious duties ; who
thiltks her husband ought Io spend his whole time m
business, and if he be unfortunate she cannot be
bothered widi his affairs ; who, nevertheless, lias tune
enough to manufacture aud retail gosrip, and meddle'
with the trouble of her neighbors. Such a one con-
tinually “maketh ashamed."
Is any man in possession of such a wits’ ? Ws
pity him from our vety souls. We consider it bis
greatest misfortune ; in fact, the misfortune ol life-
in Solomon’s words, “ Rottenness in his bones ’’
Rather dinn 3uch were ohr fate, we would say “ Lord
let thy servant depart in peace. We can only sigh
in hope and pity him. But ttov such women there is
no use in the kingdom of heaven. HOPE.
Crime m the New York Po« t offlCB—Nigin Cieri
Caught Robbing the Mails — Money Found o t
hia Person.
Considerable sums oi money have been lost fron
time to time - during the last few months, and fo;
some two or three weeks past the suspicions of M.,
Holbrook, the general agent of the office, have
upon James Fitzgibbons, one of the night e'erks a
the probable thief. He has been watched for save
ral nights, and sundry traps have beej> laid to catcl
htm, and without any further success than a confirm
anon of their suspicions, untillast r;' lg h., or this morn
mg rather,’ about 3 o'clock, he 'was detected by Mr
Holbrook in the act of appropriating two package
ol money mailed at Newark, New Jersey, one di
reeled to Bridgeport, Cenn., and the other to Wil
immsburgh, Long Island, containing between threi
and lour hundred dollars each. Mr. Holbrook di<
not disclose his observations to the rouge, but kep
his eye upon him until he' left, the office, about fivt
o’clock, io go home. As Soon ns he left the offict
and got into Liberty street, in the rear, Mr. Hpl
brook, in company with Mr. Brown, the head of th«
night clerks, went out and brought him back, wit!
the money upon his person, to the office, where ht
remains at the time of our present writing.
We refrain from disclosing the means by whiof
Mr. Holbrook was the unobserved observer of Fits
gibbons’ operations, as ho may have occasion to set fail
trap lore more offendets ol the same sort ; though wt
hope there are no more leff m the office. Filzgib
boas is naturally suspected -if having taken much ol
the money that has been milled from the office ^ron
time to time, and whieh has been the source or in
finite complaint from rite public, and oi anxiety or
the pan of M*,. Fowler, die postmaster, and the hon-
est assistants in his office.— [New York Post, 23d,
ST. LOUIS LUMINARY — ATURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1854
WONDERFUL ANTI-DIJWVIAN MONSTER
Wo learn from the Moufit Vernon Jeffersonian
tlte particulars of a wonderful discovery, which was
made in Marion county a short time since. It seems
limi while some men were digging a pit for it bridge
over a little stream called Lost Creek, on auction
No. 120 of the railroad, when about six feet below
tin- surface they came upon the skeleton of what they
supposed was some ante-diluvian monster. The
principal bones ware so ifttch decayed that little
could be told us to their proper locations in the body.
A horn was found of ti while color, ume feet in
length, and quite smooth, with the exception of about
three feel of the butt end, which was surrounded
with ridges similar to those on a sheep, measuring
twenty 'four inches in circumference ; the hollow be-
ing about four inches in diameter. The hum was
so much decayed us nut to allow lifting without be-
ing broken. A tooth was ajjfeo found, and a portion
el" it outside of the gum waslyet sound, and on meas-
uring it was found to be tilSf inches in length, aud
about two inches in diameter, having the appearance
of having been the first jaw tooth. Another portion
of the lame was found which w as thought to be a
portion of the jaw, but was broken to pieces in dig-
ging it out ; but its dimensions were taken, and tound
to be eleven feet. The remains are now in the pos
session of Mr. Howell, who resides at the crossing
of the railroad. To naturalists and antiquarians they
must be invaluable, and should be exhumed and se-
cured inunediately.
THE MICROSCOPE
Tltis instrument which discovers to us small ob-
jects invisible to the naked eye, was invented soon
after die invention and improvement of the telescope.
By means of this optical contrivance, we perceive u
variety of wonders in almost every object in the an-
imal, the vegetable, and tlte mineral kingdoms. We
jHtrceive that every particle of matter, however mi-
nute. has a determinate form ; that the very scales
on the haddock are all beautifully interwoven and
variegated, like pieces of net-work, which no art can
imitate — that the points of the prickles of vegetables,
though magnified a thousand tunes, appear as shurp
and well-polished as to the naked eye — that every
particle of the dust of the butterfly's wing is a beau-
tiful and regular organized feather — that every hair
of our head is a hollow tube, with bulbs and roots,
furnished with a variety of threads and fllaiuents —
and that the pores of our skin, through which die
sweat and perspiration flow, are so numerous and
minute, thut a grain of sand would cover a hundred
and* twenty-five thousand of them. W e perceive
animated beings in certain liquids, so small that fit-
ly thousand of them would not equal the size ot a
ntite ; and yet each of these- creatures are furnished
with a mouth, eyes, stomach, blood-vessels, tuid oth-
er organs for the performance ol" animal functions.
In a stagnant pool, which is covered with a greenish
scum during the summer months, every drop of wa-
ter is found to be a world teeming with thousands ol
inhabitants. The mouldy substance which usually
adheres to damp bodies, exhibits u forest of trees and
plains, where the branches, leaves aud trail can be
plainly distinguished. In a word, by this admirable
instrument .we behold the same Almighty bund
which rounded the spacious globe on which we live,
and the huge masses of the planetary orbs, aud di-
rects them in their rapid motions, through the sky —
employed at the same moment, in rounding and jiol-
isking ten thousand minute transparent globes in tiie
eye of the fly; and boring und arranging veins and
arteries, and funning and dusping joints and claws
tor the movement ot' a mile 1 VVe thus learn the
admirable and astonishing effects ol the wisdom ol
God. aud iliui the Divine care and benevolence ari-
as much displayed in the construction of the smallest
insect, as in the elephant or whale, or in those pon-
derous globes which roll around us in the sky.
These and thousands ol other views which -the mi-
croscope exhibits, would never have been dis\ laved
to the huuiun mind, had they not been opened up by
this admirable invention.
Whi-ii thy amazing work. <> C»o*l,
My mental ey<- surveys.
Transported with the view. I’m h>itl
III woiuUr, love, amt praise.
DM. T. DIC K
ly understood it till; "but I shall consider it so lar a!
I may be able to recollect it. I would prelei thai
on all matters winch relates to tny Sovereignty, u.
which my chiefs -and people lrnve a deep interest
coiniiiutncaimns should be made in writing, so as u
prevent misunderstandings and mistakes either b\
me or i hem. "i
A British Squftdron consisting of the Amphytrite
Rattlesnake and Triucomalee, three of the largest
English vessels at war in the Pacific have been or-
dered to Honolulu. It remains to l>e seeu whethet
anything will come of these formidable mam-
testations. — [San Francisco Herald, Nov. 1st.
It was in one night that four thousand persons
perished of tlte plague in London. It was by night
that the army' ol Semutcharib was destroyed. Both
in England and on the Continent a largo portion ol
cholera eases, in its several forms, have been ob-
served to have occurred between one and two o’clock
iii the morning,
night air has been
foreign newb— buropban war
Sm. o oiu last issue there have been three arrivals
non. Europe, and the war news intensely thrilling.
VS c present to-day a brief summary ol what reein*
io us the most important and reliable.
New York, Nov. ’23.
The i oval mail ship. Canada, Capt. Stone, from
Liverpool,” 1 1th mst reached her dock 2U minutes
past 1 1 last night.
Si-bastopal holds stoiuiy Tire sub.tan. <• ol the
„ews is mat the allies hail met with an important
neck, and had not made much progress.
On me flight o. the 2<Hit the enemy attempted ip
spike t ie French guns, but fnilr-d, and the Russians
who entered tlie battertea were killed.
T! c total o! the French loss trom the 17th to the
The danger of exposure to the
a theme of physicians from ume
iimnemornbie ; but is remarkable that they never yet
called in the aid of chemistry to account for the fact.
It is at night tlmt the stratum of air nearest the
ground must always l>e the most charged with the
particles of uutmalized mutter given out trout tilt-
skin, mid deleterious gases, such as carbonic acid
gas — the product of resjiiration — mid sulphuretted
hydrogen — the product -of the sewers. lit the day,
gases, and various substances of all kinds, rise in
flte air by the rarefaction ol the heal. At nigiit.
when the rarefaction leaves, they fall by an increuse
of gravity, if perfectly mixed with the atmosphere;
while the guses involved during the night, instead
of ascending, remain at nearly the same level. It
is known thut carbonic acid gas at a low tempera-
ture partakes so nearly of the nature ol u fluid that
it may be jioured out of one vessel into another. It
rises at ihe lemperamre at wliicb it is exhaled Iroin
the lungs, but its tendency is towards the floor or the
bed of the sleeper in cold and unventilated rooms.
At Hamburg, the alarm of cholera at niglu in
some parts of the city was so great, ttiat many re-
lused to go to I veil, lest they should be attneked una-
wares in theii sleep. Sitting up, they probably kept
their stove* or open fires burning for the sake ol
warmth and thm warmth gives the expansion to any
deleterious gases present, winch would best promote
their escape und promote their dilution in the atmos-
phere. The means of satetv were then unconsciously
assured. At Sierra Leone the natives have a prac-
tice, in the sickly season, ot keeping tires constantly
burning in their huts at niglu, assigning that the
fires keep away the evil spirits, to which, in their ig-
norauce, they attribute the fever and ugue. Lat-
terly, Europeans have begun to adopt the same prac-
tice. and those who have tried it assort that they
have now entire immunity from the tropical fevers to
winch they were formerly subjected.
HOW TO TRAIN OXEN.
Steers should he broken to the. yoke whilst young,
say nine or ten months old. When first joked, let
them run in the yoke in a yard or siuttll lot two or
three hours every day, until they become habituated
to tlie yoke, and to being yoked ; it they turn the
yoke, w hich is generally the case, t;e their tails to-
gether, which will soon break them ol tins habit.
They should be yoked up several times through the
summer and fall After they are a year old. and
practiced lit all the evolutions you would wish per-
formed by oxen, die succeeding winter they should
be yoked once or twice a week, aud put to drawing
light loads The third winter they should become
thoroughly broken in, so that they understand the
DISCOVERY Or AN ANCIENT MINE
An old mine has recently been discovered on tit*
farm of John L Neely, in Solebury township, about"
two miles aud a half froirf New Hope, on the Dela-
ware river, in Bucks county; Penu. There has been
some traditions handed down by the Indians with
reference to the existence of a mine in die neigh-
borhood, but very little credit was attached to them.
Tin- mine was discovered accidentally, while explo-
ring n rabbit’s hole. Who worked the mine is not
knpwn. It must have been opened a long time ago,
as on what is now supposed to be soil thrown up in
making tlie excavation, trees are now growing which
are thought to be two hundred years old. Tlte In-
dian tradition said persons who worked die mine
carried the ore to the Delaware tu die night, aud
shipped it. A large stone had been placed at the
mouth ot the ’drift which has been so opened, and
the dirt carefully filled in so us to effectually conceal
it for this long period of time. The'drift is excava-
ted on solid rock. Ti ere are no signs of metal in
the drift except what were picked up in the delves,
and an occasional indication of copper on the sides,
The drift extends into the side of" the mountain
about sixty feel, where it crosses a chamber fifteen
feet square, and eight or ten feel high, with a pillar
in tin- center, hewn out of die. solid rock, At the foot
of this pillar descends ivnodier shaft which is now
(ailed a well, front the fact tlmt it is filled with' water
of icy coldness. A stone carefully dropped in this
can lie heard to strike the bottom in an interval ot
fifteen seconds. Black snakes eight feet long, and
Intis innumerable, were the only inhabitants of the
drift. To the right of this chamber ail oblique shaft,
about ten feet wide and from thirty to forty feel high,
which opens at the a]>ot before described farther un
the lull, and ut the loot of which is built a stone wall
or cribbuge, evidently designed to protect the minors
from dirt or stone falling through die shnft. Passing
through tin: chumber lielbro referred to, the drift ex-
tends fifteen or twenty leel further towards thu river,
and term mules abruptly hi solid rock. — [Cincinnati
Gazette.
In selecting steels lor the yoke, judgment and
skill are necessary; m temper, motion, build, and
size, they should lie alike ; docility, mild temper,
rnlher quick motion, u tigut and heavy build, utfl
large si/c, ate the desirable qualities of a work ox.
If the opposite of any of these qualities are found in
a steer selected i’or the yoke, dismiss him at once.
The task ot breaking steers is commonly, but often
improperly, assigned to tlie boys. It requires not
only much skill in id. 1 some science, but ti great deal
more patience than is allotted to hoys iri general,
and to too feu men. Steers, when under the tutor-
age ol the leutiistt- is, should never Lit- struck a hard
blow- should itt-veiv/be treated hurshly, either by
word or action ; but tjfe reverse. They should never
be permitted to get away and run from the driver;
but should this occur, let him !>e in no hurry to catch
Arrival of the Baltic.
I . Bait n left Liverpool at 2 o’clock p. m. ol the
lieu and r--u< lied dock hi New I ork on the iiiorn-
.(.; of the 27th She brings new.- ol several sue*
(---uetnid sunguumry Imttles.
1 ue allies arc alutusl overmatched, and the most
,u,.cnt requests are sent for reinforce Fitly
thousand French troops ate to be instantly sen), and
,s.iy available steamer is lukeu to transpoit the
Hoops, including the steamers Europe, Alps, India,
N» v\ \ ork, and othein.
On Ihe Ith November the re Was a sanguinary en-
gagement, on the 6th there was a terrible cointttt,
.minding •• rtie and general attack by Menacliikoll ;
Hu- battle In ed Irum daybreak till 4 o’clock ill ihe
Htiemuon; both aides claim the v ictory. The Kng-
,sh look till! prisoners -the Russians stormed seve-
ral Uttti-ries and silenced the guns — the loss on (lie
jMiit ol the allies ul-oul 5,000, Russians 8 , 000 . The
t /u.'s ivvo sons were in the battle. Tlie luiltle was
In tiie epidemic^ of die middle ages, fires used to
Is- lighted in the streets tor the purification ot the
an, and in the plague of London in 1685, fires in
the streets were atone time kept hurtling incessantly,
till extinguished by a violent stortn of rain. Latterly,
trams ol gunpowder have Wen fired, aud eunnuns
discharged for the same object, but it is obvious that
these measures, although sound in principle, must
necessarily, out of doors, W on too sinuil a scale, as
measured uguinst an ocean ol aUuospheric air, to
produce any sensible efl’ecl. \\ ttliin doors, however,
the case is difl'erent. It is quite possible to heat a
room sufficiently to produce a rarefaction aud conse-
quent dilution of any inaiiguant gases it may can-
tain, anil it is, of course, the air ol the room, and
that alone, at night, which comes in coutue.t with the
lungs ut the person. — [Westminster Review.
Matrimony— Disparity of Sex
The census tnhles disclose one fact ol melancholy
importance, which at present has not suthciently en-
gaged tlte attention ol our social philosophers. They
show that, in the largest cities ot' the Union, the le-
tuules out-numWr the mules in the ratio ol ten per
cent.; so that, if every man were compelled liy luvv
to uike unto liiniHelf n wife, a vast number ol the
fair sex would still be doomed to the torturing ' hope
deterred ’ of old ttmideuhood ! II one dare apply
figures to exhibit the result of tins tttnloiluimte dis-
parity. what alarming conclusions would they bring
us to ! < )f every two thousand inhabitants, one hun-
dred must perforce be old maids. In » city con-
taining a million, ns New York will speedily do,
every adult generation — say .every twenty yeurs —
will cast upon sod-tty sixty thousand victims to le-
mule celibacy; so that persons now living may yet
see one hundred thousand, or more, uninarriagenble
ladies in tlie city *.f Gotham! — at which period, we
should say, it will W an exceeding ticklish place to
live in.
But, alas for the ladies! inequality of number is
not the only calant ty they have to contend against.
There is no legal impulsion for every man to marry.
In this free republic, each man muy exercise n sul-
tanic despotism ovir his own affections, and, in the
matter of inuiriinotiy, consult only his own inclina-
tions. The natural consequences is u growing pro-
pensity to Iwtchelorhood, which will probably entail
the forlorn doom of the perpetual sisterhood on an-
other ten per cent, of female citizens. We leave it
to stntisticans, curious m such themes, to detail the
moral and social results inevitable in a condition of
female'' superfluity, contenting ourselves with sug-
gesting, that while such a melancholy state of tilings
exists, no man lias a right to remain a bachelor, and
ought, at any rate, to be taxed for the luxury.
But tlie remedy! — who can propose- an efficient
one? The same enormous disparity does not exist
in the rural districts, though even there the female”
population is the most numerous, generally ; but still,
if proper attractions were offered, and institutions to
facilitate niutrimouy were established by enterprising
adepts in the science, bucolic. Iiachelors might seek
their wives among the thousands ol despairing city
dames ; some relief would then lie afforded, but the
ev il, though lessened, would still renuiin. We can
txmeiove of no positive cure but the emigration ot the
unmarried female ‘element to Utah, or the estab-
lishment of the ' peculiar institution ’ of the Mormons
among us. He would be a bold itiun who would
DENMARK. i
Whilst journalists in Europe seem to think popu-
lar commotions lln-re- lor tin* present at an end, u
new move is taking place there ill a new quarter,
file people Ol' Denumjk und itieii king- lire tine mo-
ment in n *' difficulty.”
The address presented by Folkeffiiuget, of Den-
mark, to the King, adopted by a majority of ninety
to one, brings the contest between the. court nml the
nation to a precise issue, and clearly defines the po-
siiiun of tin- Dunes as-opposed to the subversive pro-
tects of their monarch. T
Arrival ot tbo Africa
New York, Nov, *JW
There is nothing really late or important. A
j'Uusv laid .ensued in field fighting before Sebostapol.
The Ru-rimi and British lusputches bolh say' that
it.e >uogc is progressing regularly, ami preparations
i.i v - i inking toi an assault. Bolh parties want re-
liiio'cenieuta — tlie besiegers arc worse tliun the l>e-
: , ig»-l. The Russians begin to want amuniiion.
l ie- lilies are reduced by Untie and disease to <50,-
iHni u-ii. winch caused much alarm. In England
and France the utmost efforts are making t<> send
re , n ircemets. All the mad steamers are chartered.
Wimer is selling in severely. The weather is very
snwir y in tin* Black Si-a. I wo 1 lirkisli Irigutes
tv t-t r recked.
The great hospital in Sebastopol with 2000
w landed was burned by- tin- tire ol tlie iillies.
There will he no mail until the Pacific of 2?th,
the government having taken the Niagara off the
Halifax route
Tin: Mississippi Bridge. — The great bridge
across the river nt this city, is rapidly progressing,
The two piers nearest the shore, are almost comple-
ted and the coffer dam lor tlte third is finished. 1 -. Six
are required to cross the main channel including the
draw pier. The others it is thought by tlie contrac-
tor, will be Completed during the winter, so as to be
ready for the superstructure early in tlie spring. W«
learn, that a strong force is qt work beyond thu island
filling up front the Illinois Shore to the first ahutmnt
m the stream. Every indication favors the early
Completion of the work, nnt£ every inducement will
be offered the contractor, us until it is finished we
doubt if much labor will be expended on thu Hoad
westward
The objects which the King
lias in view are two-fold ; one is to consolidate all
his dominions under at single constitution ; (lie other,
in that new constitution to augment the power of the
crown, and neutralize; it not destroy, the power of
tiie people nml their representative l-ody, by “ elect-
ing " members through crown nomination. Other
parts of the royal arrangement would also have the
collateral effect ol brining the Russian family so
near to the Danish succession, thut a reversion of the
Danish crown is lar lYom impossible. The Danish
representatives only touch the last point allusively,
■iitiimiting their determination to preserve their mon-
archy. On the first point — cousolidution — they dif-
fer from their King no-more thnn they did in 1848;
little respecting Holstein and Schleswig feeling, they
agree to the consolidation. But they declare that
no Danish Diet can renounce the legislative power
reposed in itself, abandon a real representation of
the people, or admit the element proposed by the
crown. The public debates have been characterized
by plain language. The address reminds the King
of tne dangerous times ” in which he is dividing
himself from Ins people, and in respectful language
he ts warned to lake cave for his own sake. — [Intel-
ligencer.
[Davenport Gazette.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
- Arrival or iitc Stemsiup George Law
The inflowing Las been gleaned trom the Cnhfor-
ma ,/ttpt-i'i to tne 1st ol November.
the : mey season, which set in this year unusu-
ally carl . ha* show a the Son Franciscans the great
good of the many street improvements wjnch have
mk'-:. ,Ar i during the lust twelve months. Where
f ut u yea t in many of the leading streets, du-
tmg h e rainy season.- there was only an unknown
depth tit mud, there is now u moderately clean and
mild road f thick plunk.
News from the interior, mention that the early
■ ait/s ha r been prejudicin' to some mining opera-
tions, while to others they are correspondingly luvor-
able There is no complaint front the miners gen-
erally as to any lack of prosperity.
The first whale-ship of the season — Allred Tyler,
aimed on the 27th ult., at Lahatna (Sandwich Is-
lands j from the. sea of Ochotsk. The Carrill arrived
m this port on tlte 27th ult., being the first whale-
ship front the Arctic sea. The taxable property of
the city is aceortamed to be. for the ensuing year,
thirty-eight millions of dollurs. Last yeat, a was
about thirty millions.
Alexander Wells, associate Jude of the Supreme
Court ot California, died on the 29th, at bis resi-
dence at San Jose.
rao.w UMPQUA.
Tiie Gazette ol the 5th instant, has the lollowing
items: —
Mach of die wheat in the valley was exosed to
the recent ntius, yet, it is stated, but little damage
wa> done to it. lu some lew cases a want of proper
attention may cause injury to the crops ; otherwise
they are .good aud full. It is selling at $1 50 to 82
per bushel. — Sates are slow.
We learn that the citizens of Goose Buy are ma-
king preparations to work their coal mines as soon
a* possible
The British 5\ut Steamer Virago, and Frigate
Pique ijrrivcd last Saturday afternoon, after a pas-
sage of six days from Vancouvers Island.
.5 bout 10 o’clock yesterday morning, the Fugate
President, another armed vessel of the allied fleet
on tjiie Pacific, also arrived. As shu entered har-
! -ot tut Suticelite, salutes were fired by hei nud ac-
kuowlemd.
Tlte -Plover, one ol II. B. M.’s ships sent search in
Mrs. Partington, on being asked respecting a pan
ot twins with which site was said to have boon re-
cently, blessed, replied that if such was the fact, it
needn’t be wondered at, for she belongd to a very
growing family, and, though none of ’em had had
twins, yet several of them bad come within one of it.
—-[Boston Post.
Governorship or Neuhaska. — A special dis-
patch to the New Nork Tribune, dated Washington
Nov. 5. states that Mr. Hall of Missouri, Declines
the Governorship of Nebraska, and that the vacancy
caused by the death of Gov. Bum will not be filled
for some months. In the meantime the Secretary,
T. B. Ca jt.ti so, will be the acting Governor. The
dispatch further states:
The arrival of Capt. Gibson yesterday, caused
mucli commotion in this city, it being supposed his
visit is in some way connected with a forthcoming
letter, threatened by Mr. Belmont, relative to his
case. The Captain brought a valuable collection of
Oriental works, valued, at 81.000, forwarded by
Mr. Vaweiriare to the State Department. It is
thought Capt, Gibson has some important disclosures
to make, relative to the late Ministerial Conforenec
ut Ostend. The important documents, which so
providentially fell into his hands, will be delivered
up to the State Department. Capt. G. had an inter-
view with Secretary Marcy yesterday.
Tiie earmugs of tne Michigan Central Railroad
for the first week in November, 1853 and 1864, com-
part- as follows :
I'asat-neera. Freight Total.
18*5-1 - - 830,705 44 *24,331 57 $55,034 04
1863 - 17,825 62 16,579 15 34,404 77
ANOTHER HORRID MURDER
Conductor Norris, qi the Pacific Railroad, gave
us, Tuesday uitetxioon, too late for our evening’s is-
sue, the particulars of 'another terrible murder of a
wife by her husband, which exceeds in atrocity, the
one perpetrated in Shift wassee county. Through in-
advertence it did not:appear in yesterday’s issue.
The murderer's name js Foster, and the family lived
in Rose. Oakland cotiguy, about twenty miles from
Pontiac. Foster bad been absent in California two
years, und had recently returned He was not a
great favorite in the neighborhood, and certain per-
sons mnlicte- sly poisoned his mind relative to the
conduct of I wife during his absence — a woman
generally es ned and above all reproach. This
was done tilt tlte husband liecame maddened and
blinded by lus jealousy Monday morning Foster
accused bis wife of infidelity to him, and proceeded
to threaten her safety and life. Terrified at his
menaces, she tied from tlte house for the house of a
neighbor. He pursued her with a large bowie-knife,
and, seizing her, struck a downward blow which en-
tered just below Ihe breust, and went into the abdo-
men, inflicting a most frightful wound and killing
her instantly. He then surrendered himself to the
authorities and was taken to Pontiac, where he lies
m juil awaiting trial. This is horrid to contemplate !
This makes four murders in this State within tlie
short period oftwo nioplits !- -[ Detroit Advertise^.
Increase, 812,876 82 *7,752 42 820,629 27
THEM O-R MON
Is the name of a weekly journal which will bo pnblllhod
In the city of New York, by John Tavlor, one of th*[
Twelve Apostles of the Church of Johub Christ o7 Latter-
day Saints, formerly editor of tho “Times and Seasons"
and the “ Nauvoo Neighbor,” in the city of Nauvoo ; sub
sequently of tlx- “ Etoile du Deseret ,” In the city of Paris,
France, and “Zion’s Psnier,” in the city of Hamburg,
Germany
THE MORMON will be devoted to the cause and inte-
rest of the Church of Jeans Christ of Lattor-day Saints,
and will be the advocate of its claims — social, moral, po-
litical and religions ; and will nlso treat upon all subjects
which the Editor may deem interesting, instructive, or ed-
ifying to his readers ; among which will be science, lite-
rature, und the general news of the dsy. Further than
this, he has no pretensions, nor does he purpose to be
bound to any particular party or interest
To the latter-day Saints he would say, as ho is known
to them, and deputed by the Presidency, the above will be
sufficient To others : that while he esteems sll honora-
ble men, nnd would, by nil proper means, courh their ra-
sped and . patronage, he tins no promises to make ; but
leaves himself nt liberty to examine any principle, and pur-
sue such n course o* to him may se<-ui best, whether mor-
al. social, goientlfiic, political, religious, spiritual, tem-
poral, past, present, nr to coins.
The Editor would state that from hts numerous cor,
pondence In Europe, East Indies, Australia, Pacific Is-
lands, Callfurnta, Utah, and other parts of the world, ha
hopes to make the MORMON interesting ns a newspaper,
not only to the Saints, but also to his patrons lh the Uni-
ted States, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isles of
Man and Jersey, as well ns In France nnd Germany.
The Editor would further state, that as our emigration
will come, in future, by the way of the east Instead of ths
Mouth, and as the MORMON will be extensively eirculs-
ted among the umigrating Saints in Europe and tits eiu-
zhuh of Utah Territory,- it will be an excellent medium ol
advertising for Merchants, Storekeepers, Wagon-makers/
Horae and Cattle Dealers, und Carriers in the West and
on tho route, as well as the Wholesale and Commission
Merchants In the east.
A list Of the prices of staple afttoles of sevoral of the
snittwu ami western cities will be inserted, as well as the
prices current of Utah add California.
TevinH of Subscription—*!? In advance.
JOHN TAYLOR. '
Mail Robber’s Confession. — Bvron, aliac Me
Donatd, who claimed to be it natural son of Lord
Byron, and who was recently com luted of throwiug
the cars ofl' the track of the Michigan Southern and
Northern Indiana Railroad, with the intention of
robbing the mail, and who waa for this offence sen-
tenced to the Michigan penitentiary for life, has
since his imprisonment made disclosures and confes-
sions that he and Napier, his companion ut crime,
robbed the mail on the Michigan Southern Railroad
at the time of its collision with IJte Michigan Central
Railroad, some fifteen months Since, at the intersec-
ting point of the two roads. He states that, in order
to reach the mail, he crawled over the dead and
wounded. Napier has escaped and fied to England.
REMARKABLE INCIDENT
A New York letter mentions the following extra-
ordinary incident in connection with the loss of tho
Arctic :
A young gentleman lately residing m this city,
tell through a . hatchway in Ins father's store some
time last summer, and was severely injured, one side
of his body becoming completely paralyzed, and af-
ter a while he entirely lost the faculty of speech. In
this position he remained until the 27th utl., (about
the time of the accident to the Arctic, on board
which steamer it was known that the young mail’s
father was a passenger,) when he suddenly started
up in his sleep, aud exclaimed, to the surprise ol all
present, ’ My father is drowning!" fell back upon
his pillow and died. It was the first ume he hnd
spoken for months: ii was the last forever.
The young man referred to was a son ot Mr. G.
G. Smith, of New York, who wngjost in the Arctic.
Lord Palmerston has gone to Mkdrid on a seoret
mission, respecting America’s design on Cuba.
A Whale or the Jersey Coast. — A very
large whale wns cruising off’ Cape Island, within a
quarter of a mile of shore, on the 21st of November,
but uo effort was made to capture it for want of the
proper implements.
VYalkinu on Red-hot Iron Plates. — Prof.
Pepper recently delivered u lecture in tlie Polytech-
nic Institute, London, before a large audience of
mechanics, in which ho remarked that the setting of
the Tltaines on fire whs no longer a joke, but a re-
ality. By dashing a Small bottle of sulphuric ether
with a few particles of metal potnssittm into a flat
cistern, u bright flame was produced, which illumin-
ated the whole place. He then laid down four plates
of red-hot iron on four bricks, and one of his attend-
ants walked over them barefoot, without any iujury.
By wetting his fingers in ammonia, the Professor
dipped them mtp a crumble of melted lead, and let
the meuil run off’ in tlie shape of bullets into a sltoi-
low cistern of witter . --- [ Wilm ington Commercial.
• Defalcation ik the American Excuekuc
Bans — Patino Teller Absconded. — We -have
received the following statement from the Directors
of the American Exchange Bank: After a careful
examination of the accounts of Mr. Candee, tite first
teller, since ihe evening of the 20th inst M they find
a deficiency in his cash of $138,500 m consequence
of having certified checks for irresponsible parties.
To protect the Sauk from loss, Mr. Candee has
placed securities in their hands, consisting of bonds,
mortgages, and other properly, to the amount of
$161,977 at their cost value. The Bank further
holds bonds of $20,000 from his sureties, nnd in tlte
judgement of the officers, the ultimate loss, if any,
will be trifling. — {N. Y. Evening Post, Nov. 28d.
The Washington Star of the 27th November says
that it is believed in the London and Paris diplo-
matic circles, that Soule will not again be received
at the Court of Madrid. Mr. Rice, the Secretary
of U. S. Legation at Paris, has arrived, and brings
important dispatches with him from Buchanan, Ma-
son, and Soule. He hits ‘been clOsited with tho Sec-
retary of State and Secretary of War.
ST. LOUIS LUMINARY— SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1854.
VOL. I. .
mke lhe ctotolrf ihieueh, hw «v«T been Ron»n Cwholic, or «»y other. vhi.h ,he Snue mey How to io.tor. Hoeo and Ooneoln~ to Com. M HfSOSSS: IS1SSS:
tuoom. From toe tow of June Oil Uie hue, port of no, dirfmockne or broscnlj. wniio.n nokimg toe pomnj. “S?I K’SSffiE'toftito. «. — ™» w». »
August, there were whole Slates touching each other, Constitution of the United States. 1 he guarantees After reading* tor instance, the history oi some sprain.
in which a shower did not fall. The great wheat of the liberty of conscience are not to be found in the particular period, if you will set to work and write , t " *"
crop was brought forward rather prematurely, and Federal Constitution, but in the State constitutions ; your recollections and impressions, or construct an Bvcy family .bouid taw *«w>iy cwmuhu, ou tuna, fttwi
die large prices pf last year stimulated a vast in- and though all these constitutions do secure liberty original narrative of your own, you will sec what OI B(wi'ih«ftam>ta, extract of* isur. which a iann m * »b i» ;
crease in sowing; and besides feeding all our own of conscience in its proper sense, it is undeniable yon can remember; you will find out wliut you have. u.«ond«mi «*c«y:
THERE'S A BOW IN THE CLOUD.
t'hiWHm of earth, who in Harkin'** and sorrow
Are pining the iaat of existence away.
Without e’en a flower for the tomb of to-morrow.
Or blessings to cheer you while yet it is day.
Oh, steadfastly turn to yon beautiful heaven,
Where stars round Uia throne of the Deity crowd,
And learn, that-though trial and anguish are given,
For those who will trust there’s a how in the cloud.
The fond and the faithful, in death arc they sleeping.
Do cherished ones leave vou, ami friendships decay,
\re the waves of adversity over you sweeping.
And the dew-drops of hope nil dissolving away V
Too often Uie heart-breaking pang of aflliction
Subdues e’en the spirit most prone to be proud ;
Vet why should it stifle the rooted oonviction —
Which tells us there stall is a bow in the cloud.
Whatever the evils in life that betid you,
The thunder may roll, and the tempest may r>ve,
There’s n power in all season's to govern and .ide you,
A hand lo protect, and an ark that can aav.- !
No matter the country, the clime, or th" feature,
In palace exalted, or slavery bow’d,
I he glory of God. and the joy of the creature,
Is. when at the worst, there's a bow in the cloud
DREAMB.
Oh ! there is a dream of early youth,
And it never comes again :
'Tis a vision of lig^t, and life, and truth,
That flits across the brain.
And love is the theme of that early dream,
.So wild, so warm, so new.
That in all our after years I deem
Thai early dream were true.
Uh ! there is a dream of nintnrer years.
More turbulent by far:
’Tis a vision of blood, and of woman’s tears,
For the theme of that dream is war :
And we toil in Hi" field of danger and death,
Ami shout in the battle array.
Till we find that theme in a bodiless breath,
Which vanishes away.
Oh ! there is a dream of hoary age,
’Tis n vision of gold ill store —
Of sums noted down on Uie figured page.
To be counted o’er uud o’er :
And we fondly trust in our glittering dust,
As a refuge from grief and pain,
Till our limbs are laid on the Inst dark bed,
Where the wealth of the wurld is vain.
Ami is it thus, from man’s bit Hi to his grave-
In the patli which all are treading?
In there nought in that long career to save
From roinorso and self-upbraiding?
Oh, yes! there’s a dream so paid, so bright,
Thut the being to whom it is given,
Hath baUied in a sea of living light, —
And the theme of that dream is heaven.
aus other n-ni.lv ever duoovwxd. \
One or two ai.pllrailoiu will oiHeve the roost severe pstn, brute, or
epram.
Two botllee will cleanse, purify, and heal Ihe foulest ulcer or eore, and
It win heal the most severe bum or scald « about a rear.
Every family abould have a supply oooetaaUy ou hand, for nee la Uroe
WfW tsSVJ/ eaaww* w C g V - JJ t V S It "I l "Wl u; . a ll.T* V UMU la atmv Its outtaiwt —"l — — — ~
vner in New York tor a dollar and a quarter per is ibfc verv one winch we deem the most sacred . and test your ability to reeoru facts and to describe onar- given immediate relief, i it™ on tb® main «o*d n*«r nxmtofgm.
bushel. This is almost as important a crop to us as we will yield to none m determination to uphold the acter, and vn many ways may reveal to you some- j offcn „ n eoonty, tio.
' it is to Ireland, for the consumption enters largely third section of the first article of our State Ctrnsti- thing about yourself well worth ltnowing. If you p„r ikw. u i. i«r superior m any oiher remedy for cwto* iam«w«,
into the feeding of swine and other animals. tution, which secures it; but, in proportion as we re- read the works of some poet, and then try’ to write , !m» n , to^auwho maTlic «uir«m* from oxirmai dtaraw*, di
It is early vet to talk aboiu the cotton crop, and 1 sped this grant right of free conscience, we desire an estimate of him, putung down your impressions ^ rSlS
sliall shortly devote one letter to that subject, but the that its positive guumutee should not lie misplaced or 0 f J,j 8 genius — what sir keg you in Ins thoughts, or wh ,. n p^nrtr wiled.
belief is now general that the crop will fall at least misunderstood. 1 hey are lodged in the State Con- style, his imagery or measures, as in any way pe- umL! andi,y*ur.»^ciabi»,5ea , t«*»in Mrdici*u»orwywheni.
several hundred thousand btiles below the estimate siiturion, and it is there that every friend of religious cmiar — or what you suppose, from their effect upon doc. vm. _ t lu -
lust spring. Taking all the products of all the crops, liberty must see that die y are firmly incorporated yqureelf, must be the probable tendency or influence * " SALE
those who have devoted most attention to die study, aiid preserved inviolate. m of his writings, you will bring out, I believe, by such or
are coming to the conclusion thut the yield diis year * an effort, thoughts and feelings which had beeu puss- Ai\D WINTER DRY «OOD».
those who have devoted most aUenUon to the study,
are coming to the conclusion thut the yield diis year
will turn out to be a clear average ol twenty per
cent, deficit.
Hut the publio> and private credit ot the country ,
and perhaps the prosperity of the nation, have suf-
fered a still heavier blow, from another quarter, than
, <>r , an effort, thoughts and feelings which had beeu puss-
_ ing within you halt unconsciously, which never
LITTLE CHARLEY. THE CHILD- ANOEL. J# , d haye £ e „ „ lcal j ed| a|ld never caught, but for
by fanny kern. the exercise which seizes and detains them. It is
very useful to write an analysis of a 1 tok, or of some
1 am one of' that persecuted class, denominated extended and elaborate discourse — to put down with
BY FANNY KERN.
by the Combination of all the evils of which I have *> 0 |<] maids.” By going quietly aliout the world, your own hands, and in your own words, wliut ap-
spokeu. I uliude to the startling and stupendous taking cure not to jostle my neighbors, or hit against pears to you to be the order of the writer s ideas
frauds and defalcations which have astounded, tnor- un y 0 f their rough angles, I manage to be oheerfid, tiie cohesions, articulations, and success ol Ills nrgu-
tified uud grieved the nation. The immediate re- contented uml happy. In my multitudinous migra- meiii. After reading on any particular subject,
suits of die; discovery of die Schuyler fraud alone, tions 1 have had some ojiportuuity to study human either in one book or several— (two or three ure
shook the \vj»ole commercial fabric ; and men stood nature. Lately I huve become a temporary inmate often to be preferred to one, for in many departments,
■aghast in terror; But it was immediately followed 0 j a crowded boarding-house. My little room has or ut particular times, it is better to read subjects
by other revelations, til quarters quite as little ex- already begun to look hoine-like. The cheerful sun than 1 looks) — after doing this, it you try to writt.
pi cied. The later results of these villainies are be- | las expanded the fragmut flowers I love so well to something on the subject yourself ; to arrange your
ing felt deeper and deeper every day. Public con* nurture; my canary trills his satisfaction in a gayer thoughts and state your conclusions; to urgue am
fidenee has , been weakened in every range of busi- song than ever ; and my pictures, books, and guitar, illustrate it in your own way, you will find out
ness. In periods of speculation, and especially in drive “ dull care away," and beguile many a pleas- whether you understand it or not, or how lar you
ull communities like our own, where there is more a „i |, 0 ur. And now my heart lias found a new ole understand it ; and if you do understand it. you will |
energy than capital, but where there is ability enough, j e ct of interest. I’ve noticed on the staircase, and get such a hold of it — you will so see it and appre- J
under \vit***inuiiagernenL, to redeem nil obligations, j n the hull and lobby, a lovely child, who seemed hend it, ill nil its lights, aspects, and incidents, i tat
there is a large class of interests and undertakings, wandering about at bis own sweet will, sometimes it will most likely never be lost — never lorgotteu. ,
which, to Iti* cai'ried through successfully, must lie amlng wearily on the suiirs, ahnost asleep; then loi- In this way original composition may be used as an
buoyed up by lira sustaining influences of cominer- tering at die kitchen door, watching the operations of instrument of menial culture. 1 believe it to be one
cial confidence. In this country these interests, the cook; tlien peeping into the half-open doors of singularly efficacious. It braces the faculties: n
which are So vust, have all been struck down by the different apartments. As, by a rule ol the house, gives them strength, nimbleness, dexterity, by the
these visitations of Providence. I call them so be- •• no children were permitted at the table,” it was tasks it imposes, and the duties it demands ; it is an
cause they seem, in the terror thut they inspire, and some ,ime before I could ascertain who claimed this enemy to self-deception, by the terrible disclosures it j ■
the ruin Uie)' have worked, to partake ol the solemn hide stray waif. sometimes makes ns to the crudeness- ol your con- | untico Swim, »n.i «ro prepsrei to #u
attributes of the curses of God. — [New York Cor- One morning, attracted by the carol of my canary, ceptions, the treachery of your memory, the poverty
respoudentjof the Daily News, Oct. 11. lie ventured to pul Ids little curly hend inside my of your knowledge, your inability to express clearly
One morning, attracted by the carol ol my canary, J
lie ventured to put Ids little curly bend inside my
door. He needed little urging to enter, tor lie read
widi a child's quick instinct, bis welcome in my face.
An animated conversation soon ensued nlxiut birds,
vould have been recalled, and never caught, but for ■ v ^VyToW “ cbs
be exercise which seizes and detains them. It is w , R >tock or hoo'de,
■ery use I ul to write an analysis ol a I *)k, or ol some At No 142 Third Street,
■xtended and elaborate discourse — to put down with preparatory to cioatug the Moro.
:our own bunds, and in your own words, what ap- kgbbrt a orahh.
tears to you to la* the order of die writer's ideas — ta4 "'
he cohesions, articulations, and success ol his nrgu- DRY WOODS.
neul. After reading on any particular subject, will •*ii an rojlta--* o t Rood, from ihu a»to »t prim, cost, u
.iilier ill line lunik or several ftWO or lliree are 1 ck~- oul ihr n-mu im.lnroi, « 1 wuh u- turn All my uioan* lnlu th.
•Illier IU one DOOK Ol several l 1 "* wh-s-reir lre.U-. which 1 Uov u «i»ba.b«lou th.Uw ownrr ol luin uid
jlten to be prelerred to one, (Or in ninny departments, wuiiiugtun Avenue. . . .
• I • •* ; j , , rpni | miliipcti v3r Wrr44t i»*r»MMn«nuy t» lonkol foir, to ck»tn« oul my heavy Rook.
)Y at particular times* it is nettei to reuu suujeus c ^ lui t5XWUlno ^ w .
ban books) — after doing ibis, if you try to write t. w. hoit^
something on the subject yourseli ; to arrange your — . _L —
thoughts and state your conclusions; to argue and g'J 1 . LOUIS. TYPE FOUNDRY
illustrate it in your owu way, you will find out and ,
whether you understand it or not, or how lar you PA11J2K WAREHOUSE,
understand it ; and if you do understand it, you will Bata bUshcd a. D. 1840.
get such a hold of it — you will so see it unu nppre- _r“T,
hend it, in nil its lights, aspects, and incidents, tiiut A. P. LAOfi ” V *» _
•t -ill mom likely never be lost-never forgotten xve«
In tins way original composition may be used as an ,, HBSS dhpow_siiaue alley,
instrument of mental culture. 1 believe it to lie one . y A1 , L , bP , u *nuon ot prime™ »mi Pui.inhom to iseii eeubiuhmMii,
uiiKTiilnrl v i.lfi.-iii'intm It braces the facilities: ll 4^/ whore « 111 lie fonwl oTerr v.rtely of TYPE, PAPER, INK, PRINT-
SlllgUlariy imcacious. It lir.lt t. Ill ISU prksSKH, UI I.R, BORDERS, PIAJWKUS, uni every other Rruclo
gives them strength, nimbleness, dexterity, by tue i«,vi iu » prtnttaii omc:.
tasks u imposes, and the duties it demands; it is an 0 ,
enemy to self-deoept ion, by Uie ternble disclosures . t „
some! lines makes ns to tlie crudeness- ol your con- a,,- cmei Huiic., «no «ro iit«-a»rcii to tiiior.ier»«oir.io<t rrom >ur «po«-
ceptions, the trench en,' of your memory, the poverty , 1W Mppiyoi news ««i book pbint-
of vour know edge, your inability to express clearly 1}j(i papkhi il*o, cap, lettrekd, colored, *nd Manilla
{ it,,,,.., l. iHvnra- PAl'KllS, LAUDS »u<l CARD BO AMDS, *11 ol which will bo kIS « toe
and competently even wliut you know, it is m\oia mo ,, ,,- 1 V j,i»hi- irmn.
hie to growth uml progress, by virtue of the great omen i«r stereotyping and engraving win be prempur
. 6 .1 r . ...I'll V- : o^.l oxcctued.
v ' L vm. ....MW-- - , , . J ' i ’ , , •* i ... , i , Tner k«cu aiway oq nmnu n ifinimuppiyw il * n r.r w j u i\Tnii
ipoudeni of the Daily News, Oct. 11. lie ventured to put his little curly bend insure my of your knowledge, your inability to express clearly ino MPjpti **>, , cap^ 'Lettrekd, *^,^*^1;*
, j ' , . , door. He needed little urging to enter, lor lie read and competently 'even wliut you know. It is lavora- UOAlu,s ’ hlc
matvtto OT tv a -PTON i »Mn pranchise witli u child's quick instinct, bin welcome in my face, ble to growth and progress, by virtue ot the great om«. tor stereotyping and engraving win b. pcompur
An animated conversation soon ensued altout lards, law oi our nature, that power shuLI be increased, and kudu™ or panic™ wuitin* a* eeubius * oew»p*pcr or Jot, Prinuos
The uanire of the consubnioiiul a ud legal provis- flowers and pictures — his large blue eyes growing good secured, by every honest and hearty cftori at ul^ap^ , w'l'ho p*ru^ullr liyi'c°iro.i ^*auiy ot wort to *.
is in regard to naturalization and the right of sui- bright, and Ids cheeks flushing with pleasure, us using rightly the strength we have.—[A Lecture on «««-. lw „ . wrtlM m .iw.y. 0 u hmat.
i 1 , „ . . I i s .. 11S Hi Iln in the story followed story, wlule he sat upon my knee. Authorship, by the Kev. 1 bourns Bnuiey. 13 -oiu -rypo t.k.n i...,icbangc tor n.« »t mn., e.»ap« poonu.
portions, as coiiiumiug information which may not
be readily accessible 10 some of our readers:
“ Who is Lizzie < "
“Why, my tiiaminu ! She don’t care, il 1 am
llv out of the way. Lizzie made me this pretty
Hath bathed in a sea of living light, — does in regard to foreigners is to proscribe. 1 lit-
And the theme of that dream is heaven. Constitution hua but fivit clauses touching the subject :
— ,m 4 >i four of them are jirohibitory and the other simply
Present Financial Aspects of the United States, permm.ite. There is no guaranteeing clause what-
ever. We must be pardoned lor recalling the very
The year 1853 closed upon a period ol private and i u „g un g e of the Constitution, for tliis progressive
olic prosnerity in the United Suites entirely with- generation is fast losing sight of even the plainest
a parallel in our history. The Treasurer of the f eatull!S „f thnt document.
The only positive work which the Constitution '^ing!
es in reffurd to loreigners IS to proscribe. I lie urtss, amu lie, nuiumj, uj }
but Lizzie don’t know uny stories, und she
C. F. Clarkson, formerly editoi' ol the Indiana
American, who is now traveling in Tennessee, nar-
rates the following story in a letter published in the
Brookville Democrat:
Let me recite to you the true history of a man
whose .farm we iwssed over yesterday. ’About (if-
f ix 1 • ' 1 M
.suys 1 ui a bore. W hat is a bore ! said the sweet )eun y t . ars (l g 0 a Presbyterian clergyman of New
/ * • 1 • . 1 • , — -7 — i — re-
public prosperiiy m the United States entirely with- generation is fast losing sight of even the plainest
out a parallel iu our history. The Treasurer of the f eatull!S „f thnt document.
child, as he looked trustingly 111 my face.
“ Never mind now,” said I, tearfully ; “ you muy
stay with me whenever you like, and we will be
very good friends.”
The dinuer-bell sounding, a gaily dressed young
York had a wayward son. We linve his name and
location, hut choose to withhold it at present. Be-
fore he was seventeen he became so reckless und
unruly that his father could no longer control him.
He left for the wiolcod and corrupt oily ol New Y ork,
where he beentne 11 clerk in 11 drinking saloon, but
Ids character wus too bud lo be retained there. He
♦ , , . • .1. .
uie » >11 ..to. -- .... leniunes 01 null minimum. . , I ■ 1 mI.miI — \ . , - 1 1
Federal Government held thirty million dollars sur- SeCi 5 , Article II, of the Oousiituiiou says: “ No Uin.g vociteruted, in a voice uuyilong ntusicai, w | lere 1)L , became a clerk in a drinking saloon, bu
plus in bis hands, and whs offering holders of gov- [M?ni0U< except a natural born citizen, or a citi- '‘Charley, Charley!" When I apologized lor seep- j • c baracter was too bud lo be retained there. Hi
eminent stocks redeemable iu fifteen years twenty- ze n of the United States at the time of the adoption ing liiin, she said, carelessly, us she re-arranged ler neAl W as a bar-keeper inn theatre, but was d is
two dollura for every hundred they would allow him 0( this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of bracelets, “O, it don 1 signify, if you aiu have pu- He went lower and still lower, until ht
to DRV. But even ul this enormous premium llie President” Thut is Droscriplion. tieuoe with him, he » so tiresome with Ins questions s ] e p t j„ empty cellars and on Uie wlmrves of the city
1 1 1 . . 1 ... Li: . . . . , dr., •* , « I'vo Kenrrlit him liomts of tovs. but he never wants U» ■ - _...i a-. ,„i. a,
lug the .Ik, ol tliepapoifor Uio p.tUcul.r »tylr«i,l^u»uUl)f of wort to «»
i fxivutod.
WOOD TYPE — * l»m« .«*ortWAnt *l»»y« ou hand.
rj-old ryp*' tok.n In un-hangi- tor n«w *1 nlao cat* por poomt.
55T B. Sort* -upidli-d a, *11 foDW <■•« at this MUMIRtnwnl at apoA-
■*'& •«. _
BAKER AND COl^FEOTlONEH.
No. 171 N. E. Corner ol Market «uid Ttb Elroet,
ST. L0U18> NO.
J AMES TURNER
couaUUilly for galo, Bmdt Cr»citcn» of all Unda, Oako*, Can -
JV «llo8, i/ordlaUf Air* portrr* &xlri, Tobacco, Olgam, Ito.
Nov. W. __ I 1
____ ~ H IT E>
DISCOVEitBU OP TUB
SYMPTOM A TRUTINORIC SYSTEM,
For Dlagoirlslng all DIbobbob of the Chest end
Longa,
>loy bn Consulted dolly ol Ills Ooffic®, No. 1£1 PINK ll.j
brlwcrn 4th 4c fllh, from 11 to fl P. M.
According t» well authenticated M*M®Ucal report*, on® out of ®v*ry
sl\ «>r all the denth* that occur In Rurope or America, are fnxn dlaeaaea
of the luugi* alouc.
JudRlitK from tho above data, ihero arc at U»o preaant tlmo «rl!lu» tto®
city of at- Lout*, at lea*t.
FIFTKRN THOUSAND
luUtvRliiain who have dt®cA*o »rat«l upon tbotr luug** It ta equally Irua
i *| ? , M Ju lRliiK from tho above aatn, uiero aro ai u»o preoem umo wiuun
missed. He went lower and still lower, until he dly u “ a ,. irui.
slept in empty cellars and on Uie wharves of Uie city, ludlvMU4 „ wb0 ^ it i. «,a.iiy tn*
U perlecl nuisance and disgrace to his race. At this that the Medical Pmfcaelon, without exception, arc unabtMo doiect adla-
i* I • _ „ ii ttr ii iv*. l.rt u, nu eaue up«)n tho*o organ* In *«*»on to eflbct n radical core; and this ta tb®
Stage 01 his career an old college ITIUte lor he was «*•*<*« whv that diuu of dl*cam.** have provol ®o universally fatal. And
III lillt'ni ycuio. *11^ »*AA ».* A- a. — ueill 01 Uio Uliliuu unawi). *
u triumph of the Irieuds of Free Trade, for it was 3 Article I, savs: u No person shall be a and she mpped gaily down to dome .
* . i l i._j v * . * 1.1 r lilinrlPV! I imp 111 nlftllt
the first radical encrouclunent our , -;gislaturo had Sunalor who shall not have attained the uge of thir-
,-vpr made upon the now exploded policy of protec- ,y years, and been nine years a citizen of these
lion. The results of thut tariff were all and more United States.” That is proscription,
than any of as friends bud predicted ; even Clay and $ EC 2, Article I, says: “ No person shall be a
Webster warned litem against an impoverished Rcjnesi-nUitive wlio shall not have obtained the age
treasury und a crippled commerce; and yet, with a 0 j ihjrty-ftye years and been .seven years a ctTi-
great reduction ol duties and a large extension ol ZKN .” That is proscription.
articles ou the free list, the revenue had gradually These are disabilities imposed upon foreigners
increased, until the customs gave us a surplus of one a ft er ,| ie y ], aV o been made citizens. But more tliun
quurter above the public expenditure. this, the Constitution leaves il discretionary wlteUier
Then came Ure regret that the reform hud not tl) llia j{ e them citizemeat all. Il simply confers the
been carried further when the change was made; nowel', simply permits.
while the demand and the hope was all but univer- j$ Kt .. s, Article I, says: “Congress shall have
sal thut further reductions should In* made, nnd the ,. OW br to establish a uniform rule of natumlization,
free list still further extended. The growth of the an j unifonn laws on the subject of bankruptcies
a Graduate ol one ol the best colleges HI the Stale of hone thl» ui-w discovery ulfrrathc ouly nioaiw extant for di-locun* pul-
x , s ,, , , I . I 6 I 1 1 . 1 inouary dhto-M.. in tltrlr Inctplcnt.tagMi, or In Uiuo tocffcctacoro 111 OT-
New York — detemunetl that tie would limit hint up 13ycju-!- i„ *n prui»*aimy, n,ooo uut ortuebovo number may «*c*p* a
and make one more efiort to save him. He went to oooo availing u>«natfre*or m* o«adtaof utu
New York, and after a diligent scorch* with llie aid "Varvnu aiul GuaidlaM tboold .uliuill ovory moml^r of ttaoll famllla*
„ I„. f ,,,,,, 1 .unul.dm to an IminellaU! oxamlnatlon by ibti Now Hyolcrn If Ibcy would avow
Of the |KJllCt, lie XOUlia him. lie wuttnf ft ililil <rli»uieu n pwpottnlbllliytl« rebleioDou® but InildoU. They »houlil not «uffoT *ny
1 a w ' . . 1 • | uiiu nitwit; viit- niuiu chum on » —
Poor little Charley! Time in plenty to adjust al. New York> and after „ diligent search^witb the aid
Mi’nHinr who sunn noi imve uiuniicu uid ucc vi win- - * - 1 *. 1 ,1 1 New York* mid tiflcr n diligent sen re 11 ^, with the nut . nnru» »uu \iwm«ii«> numni — * — ■ — —
ty years, and been nine years a citizen of these tlx*** silken ringlets; time to embroider uj thosc lhe police, h, found him. He wush&amt clothed
United States.” That is proscription. ffie la^Lw"^! “w for .Etd ha Sd forth |l im ’ ,ook bacl f T"?! 7' \TZlZ
Sec 2 Artie e I, sot’s: “No person shall be a tne last new novel , dui 101 me so i duceinent that could lie held oul lo hun. persuaded ul ,uk-iu,m umt .xno ni>.u uiucnuinvm. u uroy miy upon their fam-
v ■ ’ ^ . 1 . . fw,-... iL.v^.1 , L...it l.ln.t Aitrssc mi IlilHi In SUVA Till* (TiHMI . . > i .1 il‘ . . I n.. ..i.. -t..t.... ... ..r u.„ .,«i.tn.,r., ..r dr.-nUill iIIgaas*.
loverishud R,.,„esciiUitive wh'o shall not have obtained the age troni l * ,08e Uee P l,luo “Yf®’ n “ ll,ne 10 s<> ." K ,K,tl |,j nl lo try to be u man. He made the effort and
el, with a 0 j i|,irty-ftve years and been .seven years a citi- seed— -no time to watch lest the enemy shout sow wafi 8 Uct .essl'ul. That friend who sought him out
ension ol ZEN .” That is proscription. lares. .. and who saved him we are all well acquainted with,
gradually These are disabilities imposed upon foreigners-^ From that lime (.bailey und 1 were inseparable. They both determined to dome to Tennessee to tench
lus of one a ff er they have beeu made citizens. But more tliun Tl'e llioughtlosh mother well content to puss hei tune sc | 10t) | They soon reached here, and with llie high
this, the Constitution leaves it discretionary whether devouring all soils ol trashy literature, or in u le reoolnmeIkdallonB they brought, soon obtained good
1 hud not l() make them citizens* at all. It simply confers the gossip with her drawing-room companions, he .,| ll( . e8 q’h L . reclaimed son ot the Presbyterian cler-
us made; Kim ,,ly permits. tll ' 1 ‘ t r r * "fT with business troubles cotitent- ^ within six 1U0Ulh8 a f lur his arrival, married
I I UUVCUICIIl VllllV LUWIU in. mill vyaaa a...... j-- Ull UltCiUl.'a (IlSl VXIM* ll|IVtl UatOJUIIIliNJI. 11 UICJ ICI, Ii|<uu uivn *“**•
«e deep blue eyes, no time to sow the gtRKl , . 1 u limn He made the ellort and tty phy^=t»ino apyrtH, mom of tiro gflsitrocs of iW» SmidIBl dlraraj.
V ,., U |.L loot 1 L. ....... 11 , u mIiiimIiI “ mow 1 1,1 11 Y lo 00 “ ilapriul UI>„H It, nut ono ow oul of a htuulrwl will ovpr rvcovar. H«aO»
o time to watch lest the enemy . noi iu so v wag successful: That friend who sought bun out „i , amnia,, »r« you pt-pared «nw ta«K> ocmmiuni to ynurraapomibi*
wus successlul. mat irit-nn wuo sougm uiiu om
and who saved him we are all iveli acquainted with.
power, simply permits. y 0UJ « w , eur > wu " , ryman , within six months after Ins arrival, murntM
Sr.c. S, Article I, says: “ Congress shall have mg linnscJl with a quiet ‘ good night, and dosing ftlJ orphan girl worth $40,01 >0 in cash. She hud a
cower ttf establish ft uniform rule of naturalization, die day by a visit to the theatre or concert-room. y0UI1 „ er 81Hter and n brother, who each had equal
and uniform laws on- the subject of bankruptcies Poor Charley, meanwhile pul to Util tor sale keep- amouul8 When the Mexican war broke out the
- ..1 1 1 . . 1 . »■ . MM a /VKBI IkiV RxtUf I iILH* Ilf I CAI 11 unlit til ■ 111 .III'
revenue was not only a source of embarrassment throughout tho United States." ln ff> woulil lie hours, tossing restlessly irom siut u
to the government, but, as all the duties are collected Nothiug whatever obliges Congress to exercise side, “ with nothing m Ins head, os lie* innocent!;
in gold or silver, the s^cic basis of utir credit sys- Hiis power, or restricts its range in either direction lo What a joy jo sit by Ins side and be
toui was narrowed, by burying thirty millions in the w lieii it is exercised. Congress may require two guile his lone j iouts. ^c-an ,, v r | ,,m|, y u * uu| , iuu>< juumid, ..,**> mnw. ...
•-offers of die State. years previous residence, as was required by the act stand the meaning ol our saviours words, r or o -j’| ms 0U1 . | 1( , ro f e || ; ntu possession of the entire estate
„ The finances of llie separate (States ol the Union of 1790; [or five years, us was retjuired by llie ucts such is the kuigdom ol lieuvon. -of the family, which ut first wus $120,000, which
were in a belter condition than they had ever been ; 0 f 1795 Mld 1 S 02 ; or fourteen years, as by the ad L> bis clear, silvery tones lie would repeat alter | )ag j m . reased ), y t | lt . advance of hinds and increase
and, will) the exception ol Florida, Arkansas, und, 0 f 1 796* ; or twenty-one years, as now demanded ; or me the meaning of every petition ; then be would | cinn unn I L. ig nnw nn#» ol lilt!
perhaps, one odier State, rheir credit stood high, ii may wilhhoid naturalization entirely. The ques- say, “ Why don’t jruu tell Lizzie ( Lizzie don
has increased by the advance ol lands and increase
of negroes to over $300,000. He is now one ol the
perhaps, one odier State, rheir credit stood high, it mdy withhold naturalization entirely. The ques- say, “ Why don't you tell Lizzie f Lizzie aon 1 v j ( .| ltiSl planters of Middle Ttnuies-seu, and ’does not
The interest upon their debts was promptly paid — tion is purely one of expediency. It is true that know any prayers! live twenty-five miles from Nashville.
sinking funds were gradually extinguishing the jiriu- a |j el heturalization has tieen conferred it cannot Due night I sang him these lines: t t> , , . . —
cipal, aud even the Supreme Court of Mississippi be retracted. Congress has no power to make ex “Bwcct fio'tls beyond tlic swelling flood, , ' . f 1
had recognized the validity and authorized the en- ptist fac , 0 laws, ,uul therefore has no power .0 un-. **>" d-ssod hv ,, K groan;”- The senses of suie li.^. as ng l
lorcemeui ot the payment of that Stale’s repudiated Ckc cit|ens who have become such by its owu acts, be raised umself in bed, while the tears trembled on mg or touch, are liable lo ini “WjJJ J ‘ uJ
u , lld8 R .,1 Llmdv nronoses tliis his long lashes, and said, " O, Bing that again— it ception. It is mentioned in the Museum ot Art and
TL.'.rA Item, wide and almost unnrecedenied 11 ,. , 1,11 id.mder .„nnn»i«r that natumliza- seems as if I saw a beautiful picture!" Then, Uik- Science, llmt it two fingers ol die same hand being
“Sweet ficlils beyond tlic swelling flood,
Stand tlrossed in living green 5” — Tlie senses of smelling, tasting, and even ol teet-
he raised himself in bed, while the leurs trembled on ing or touch, are liable to innumerable causes ol de-
Tliere bad been wide nnd almost unprecedented ulwt ... ..p, — _ , . L . • . , .
abundance in ull tlie products of the soil, especially (j on confers the right of voting. It does no sUch ing my guitar, I would sit by Ins bedside, and watch cr<
tlie leading staples for ex [tort. The prices ol tiling. It hns nothing to do with voting o(ie wuy or die blue eyes droop and grow In-avy wadi slum >er, is
sudstuffs and produce hud been everywhere sus- the o-her. There arc naturalized people who can- as I saiig to him. And she, whose duty, and my, ey
But there is blunder in supposing that natumliza- seems as
crossed, be placed upon a table, and n marble or pea
is rolled between them, the impression will be, it the
eyes are closed, that two niurbles or peas are touched.
m me leading staples ,ior export, me puces 01 t i )m g. It tins nothing to do Willi voting ope way or ; r " * - . , , ' , ,.1 1
hreudstuffs and produce had been everywhere sus- the 0 ’ her. There are naturalized people who can- as I suiig to him. And she, whose duty, aud Jyy, eyes are closed,! hot two mu ) F =* , •
mined. The manufuctures of the country, in almost uolvote; iliere are lion-naturalized people who can and pride it should have been to lead those^hule feel II the nose be pmched, afti cum ’.
every department, were flourishing. Most of the vote. Foreigners in many of the Western Stales to Huii who biddeth “ little children come w'us in- will taste like a common s ic o e • J
great luies of railways had been completed, aitd the vote after a year’s, or a half year's stay in the cotin- dolendy aud contentedly boimd in flowery letters of stances lose tlietr flavor w ien ie n .
entire railway system of tlie United Slates wus yield- iry, though a stny of five years is necessary for not- her own weaving, uuuundful thut an angel s destiny ped. Nurses, therefore,; upon lg 1 » ,' L '■
mg a bundsome return n. the holders of stocks and uralization. In some of the Southern Slates a prop- wus entrusted to her careless keeping. principles, stop the noses Oi children when they give
bonds. Commercial credit was everywhere sus- e rw qualification is necessary to the right of voting, * * , * . . d.en. doses ul disagieeable ^edicm^ ^Il the eye,
mined. Large preparations were made for an in- and no person, whether natural born or naturalized, Little Cliarley lay toesing in hw little bed, with a be blindfolded, and buttermilk 11
• reuse of business in every department, at home aud cau vote without it. Congress can naturalize, hut high fever. It is needless to tell ol the bold be bud nulc-ly tasted, -the person tualing iem, a er a pe-
abroad. The bank? of the canary were most of Congress cannot confer the power of voting. That upon my heart and services. His childish mother uuod 1 of Uie process, will be unable to distinguish
ihem luiawa lo be iu a souud condition. American power is conferred by the States alone, ami by each either unable or unwilling to see lus danger, had one from th e other.
securities stood well abroad, and die whole country, according to its own sole discretion* in the way de- left me in ‘-’barge of him— drawn Irora lus side by — « n .1 u .1
in the midst of its (iorid prosperity* looked across the fined bv itself in its own State Constitution. Each ihe attractions of a great military ball. 1 changed Deal gently with those who stray. Draw them back
Atlantic with a feeling of pity for Europe and con- State is sovereign in that respect. It bestows the his heated pillows, gave him the cooling draught, by love and persuasion. A kiss is worth a thousand
gratulation for itself, dial we were exempt from power of voting according to its own view of its own bathed his feverish temples, and finally, at hia re- kicks. A kind word ta more valuable to the ost
those terrible evils that iiad hitherto overwhelmed interests. There is no such thing as the natural quest, rocked hint gently to quiet his restlessness, than a mine of gold. Think of this, aud be on your
the nations, ui die midst of general wa$s. right to vote. They who talk of it shpw themselves He placed his liule tmns caressingly about my neck, guard, ye who would chase to the grave un erring
Such was the state of die country six or eight lo-oomnt of the very elements of civil government, and said, feebly, 14 Sing to me ol heaven. v\ hen brother,
months ago. Wliat is it now? The United States The election franchise is a francktit, and the very 1 finished, lie looked l&oguidly up, saying* ‘ Where s , i9M
has been vistted by uu unbroken series of public and definition of a franchise is a right granted, in das- Lizzie • 1 must kiss Lizzie ! and, as the words died exquisite compliment was paid lately to a lady
private calamities, such as we have scarcely ever tinclion from a rurhl inherent. In respect to suffrage, upon lus lips, his eyes drooped, his heart fluttered in our presence. She had just swallowed a petite
private calamities, such as we have scarcely ever tinclion from a right inhereni. Ip respect to suffrage, ^pot* h 18 ups, ms eyes drooped, his heart fluttered
witnessed. Beginning in the winter of 1853^4, we ihe right is granted by the Constitution, aud as tins like a prisoned bird* and little Charley was counted
had, in quick succession, the destruction of the largest grant changes the right changes. There is not a one in the heavenly I old. As i closed his eyes, and
printing establishment, the largest clipper-ship, and State in the Union in which the grant is not a qual- crossed the dimpled hand peacefully upon his liule
the finest hotel in the world. Destructive conflagru- ified one. It i 9 extended only to those of a certain breast, his last words rang tearfully in ury ears,
lions visited most ol our other large towns. Our age; women are excluded from it; inmost of the “ Where s Lizzie ?
coasts Were strewn with wrecks. Our steamers States colored men and paupers are excluded from — ■— ■■■ —
were either burned or disabled ut sea. Our clipper « ; in some of the States those who do not own a Tf)r Tlur * PII or Ru88IA IN Accordance wN-h
slujEis, near y all ot them, came home m a leaky cou- certnin amount of property or a certain description ol p aoPHECT ._A learned Hebrew has just published
dmou; imd it is^saie to say that the losses sustained property are excluded from it. Each State, through a ^ ^ prove lha , lhe occupation of Egypt and the
liv lni> IJlHlBU otutus. mm t WDiF it 1 . -111.1 on*% _ /■> ...niii.uiMM . no n Ll/ao It . . . *. . . — . . . r , ojr .
in our presence. She had just swallowed a petite
class of wine, as a ffeiilleriian in the company asked
ships, nearly all of them, came home m a leaky con-
dition ; und it is safe to say that the losses sustained
The Triumph or Russia in Accordance w/th
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
by vrater. 1 l us been the 11 ost unhealthy siumner etgnty. ,, . quered, are clearly laid down in prophecy ; as the CHILD, PRATT & CO.,
the limted '.latest has known lor a whole generation. But, again, there is yet another blunder in suppo- ^ w ),iob are to precede the lomr-expected deliv- impooters and wholesale iihalSrs
The cholera has spread ull over die country, carry- sing dial ihe Cons’ Ron of the United States guar- pran( * 0 , ,J e Jews lhe Messlalf, Lif subjugation IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC HARDWARE AND CUTLERY,
mg olT diousauda m places that have been noted for antees the Ubem of conscience. It does no such of |h# world lhroug |, y lbeir age ncy, and the conse- *o. 1*7 MAIN 8 TREKT,
then salubrity ; while hb ravages along die avenues thing. It simpiv interdicts the making “ a religious t „r „r k Third D«>r North ot ih. B.nk of Mt~ouri.
rlllnx Stovro .Uo olnw uoi-muns* ■
IaEc, C.lltornla, uid Ortfou, ro»r
n wn ftOi iaul «th, St. Louis, Mo.
Window GIm. ttxlO uul ldxlS.
Nov. 18, , 64.
ol mteruul coinmumcatiou and in large town**, have te 3 t the qualification to any office or public
been frightful ; and at the same time, the tendencies der the United States,” and enjoins that “
simply interdicts the making a religious nuent establishment of the kingdom of Israel. If
alifictuion to uny office or public u-ust un- ^ j nter p ret ation of the Scriptures be correct, the
Stnlno 11 n - t Alanine lltnl ** I V*n trriDD * . . id i
been Inghtlul; and at Uie same tune the tendencies der the United States,” and enjoins that “ Congress war uroaUBes Vo he n toteraWv loai one.
to disease and the preliminary or alarming symp- shall make no law respecting the establishment of ^ ^
toms have been so general, that few persons on the religion, or protubiling the free exercise thereof.” • ,,r * '
Continent have entirely escaped. The Constitution imposes no reBtriclious oii the States A coxcomb, talking of the transmigration of souls,
Next came a withering drought, that scotched the in this respect, though in many other matters it ex- said : “ In die time of Moses I have no doubt I was
country, with few and fnr intervening sections, from pressly does; and there is not a religious denomina- the golden calf.” “ Very likely,” replied a lady,
one oceau to the other. It has beeu the dryest sum- tion in the country, be it Presbyteriuu, Episcopalian, “ time has robbed you of nothing but the gilding.” 1
Corner ot Bro.it way and L.tx-.nm. Btoort,
orro.i-sE empire MILL*.
NORTH **• LOUIE, MO.
Dm. «,’**-
chsrx,- » wicrlllcv u, prrjudlcc, wlirn Uip«- lurontrovnrl.lil. f.«. il»l»
lot,- you y l( * 0 , Uiu r-tpoulblllty rmuamiroly with you.
Nov. 18 , *6». UN-
COH1 NTH I AN MELODY.
Music — " HARK ! ”
Tb® But wn® on bln heart,
Th«* pawtiiK crowd ailmlrodi
A wblSH*rtng matrten utrt — i
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ST. LOUIS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1854
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
can find in Zion at its present stage ol progression.
You do not enjoy the Zion you- anticipated.
Tliat mankind make mistakes in these two ways,
must Ik- apparent to those who have fell the work-
ings of hope and fear in tlipir nature. People suffer
more in the anticipation of death than in death itself.
There is more suffering 1 in what 1 call borrowed
trouble than in the trouble itself. On the other hand,
you have anticipated more Zion, more happiness,
and more glory in die flesh than you will ever real-
ize in this mortality. Those who are apt to go to
one extreme are almost sure to go to the other,
which always causes disappointment, agreeably or
disagreeubly. These two extremes have caused the
Saints much trouble ; and some, for want ol patience
and a little reasonable thought, have laid the blame
of their disappointments in the wrong quarter, and
liuve apostatized from the church, never thinking the
blame was in themselves.
Upon these weaknesses of human nature the devil
works - , sometimes very successfully. Bui brethren
we cannot escape from ourselves; and while we re-
main in this tabernacle, our onward course will be
obstructed more or less by the weakness to which
die mortal flesh is subject. By and by our bodies
will go to our mother earth, and receive a’resurrec-
tion and become glorious; theu we shall enjoy all,
and more than the heart ol man can conceive, miles*
it is inspired by the Holy Ghost. This will be the
inheritance of the faithful.
There is much room for improvement in us all. If
we commence from this day and do all the good we
can, and never do another evil, we shall come to
that which 1 want the brethren to preach about and
endeavor to establish. I wish it preached by the
bishops, by the deacons, and by every officer of the
church. I wisli fathers to teach it to their children,
and 1 desire the subject to be taken up by all bodies
of the Saints throughout the world, viz., establish
confidence iu each other. Tuke this for u text if
you like, uiul preach upon it, both verbally, and
practically, until confidence iu each oilier reigns uni-
versally among the Saints, and then will be accom-
plished what 1 wish to see.
If we wish to establish a confidence such as the
Gods enjoy, let us cease from every evil act, and
from the contemplation of every evil design ; never
infringe upon another’s right, but each one sustain
I will slum every evil dial 1 know to lie un evil.
Y ou can all do that much. I will apply my lieart to
wisdom and ask the Lord to impart it to me ; and if
I know but a little, I will improve iq>un it, that to-
morrow I may have more, ana thus grow from day
to day in the knowledge of the truth, os Jesus Vhrist
grew in stature and knowledge -from a babe to niun-
hood ; and if I am not now capable of judging for
myself, perhaps I shall be in another year. We are
organized to progress in the scale of intelligence,
and the least Saint, by adhering strictly to the law
of God, nmy attain to a full and complete salvation,
by his own faithfulness, through the grace of God.
I know how it was in Jackson county. There are
fuuiiles in litis city that went to that county twenty-
one or , twenty-two years ago lust fall, if 1 mistake
not. I know what their feelings were. All their
desire was to get into the town of Independence,
Jackson couuty, where they expected to find all sin
and iniquity dried up — lieuven begun on eurth, and
an eud to all their mortal griefs. That was the mo-
tive that prompted them to go there. Poor souls!
how little they knew about saltation and its mode.
I might have gone there too, hut 1 wanted to thun-
der and roar out (he gospel to the nations. It burned
in iny bones like fire peut up, so 1 turned my buck
upon Jackson county to preach (lie gospel ot life to
the people.
Such were the feeliugs of those who went up to
Jackson county; hut 1 did not want to go there;
nothing would satisfy me but ty cry aloud in the
world what the Lord is doing in the lattei' days.
After a while this undercurrent began to walk two
ways, und they hud more trouble in Independence
than we had m York State. It came foaming and
bellowing, and pressing upon them until they hud to
ere driven liom
with the Saints ; you expected io exchange confusion
tor a Zion ol' order and beauty; misery for peace
and happiness ; blasphemy aud tumult lor - quietness
and reverence to die name of God ; starvation for
plenty. Iu short, you expected to find a place where
all evil had censed, and sorrow and iniquity were
brought to an end ; and where you would bask un-
disturbed iu the smiles ol the countenance of your
Lord from day to day;. I diiuk l have drawn a faith-
ful picture of what were the thoughts of the majority
of this people before they were gathered to the Itody
ol' the church.
Now brediren and sisters, what hinders you from
ci(joymg all you anticipated ? The culm reflections
ol your own minds, und die conclusions of a well
balanced judgment, enlightened by die Spirit of Ihe
Lord, will give you a correct answer to this question.
I can answer it lor myself, and perhaps for many of
you.
If 1 do not enjoy all i unticijmied ; if my happiness
is not as complete as 1 anticipated ; if the light of the
Holy Spirit is nut in my heart to that degree I ex-
pected H would be ; if I have not obtained all 1 an-
ticipated when 1 was down iu yonder world mingled
with the wicked, the cause is iu myself — in my own
lieurt, in my own disposition, iu the weakness of
human nuture ; it is my own will that prevents me
from enjoying all I anticipated ami more. It is a
mistaken idea to suppose that others can prevent me
from enjoying the light of God in my soul ; all hell
cannot hinder me from enjoying Zion iu my own
heart, if my individual will yields ubedieuce to the
requirements and mandates of my heavenly Master.
He bus set me a pattern to copy, which if 1 imitate
faithfully will yield to me ull and more of heaven in
my own heart than 1 could anticipate. This is my
uuswer.
Bi. £rastus Snow asked a question, namely : “If
my neighbor shall do wrong to me, am 1 thereby
compelled to do wrong to my next neighbor?" I
say no. If a brother shnll tread down my gram that
is ripening in the field, am I thereby compelled to
run through and Head down yours ? No. When a
person steals my poles from the fence, am I com-
pelled to steal yours ? If my neighbor, or my brother
in the church shall swear, aud tuke the name of God
in vain, does it necessarily follow ihut I must use the
stune language ? If my brother shall do wrong in
any way, it does not fellow that 1 shall be justified
in committing one single evil in all the acts of my
life.
Let each Latter-day Saint examine himself and
inquire, “Am I one ol those persons who will do
right in nil things, though others may do wrong ?
Ain I that person that will serve the Lord with my
house ? — that will cease from eyery evil act and from
every evil word, though my neighbors, or my breth-
ren and sisters may do the opposite?” Let the
spirit within you reply io these questions, and in ev-
ery breast the reply is, “ let me be that person ; let
me do right from this time henceforth aud forever,
without committing another evil.” Then what have
you got ? You have got heaven in your own bosoms ;
you have Zion in your hearts ; you have obtained all
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These questions are.curious, and the reply' involves
a great deal of obscure antiquarian teaming.
1. Were the Apostles married ?
There exists a letter attributed to St. Ignatius, the
martyr, in which are these decisive words : “ I re-
member your sanctity like that of Elijah, of Jeremi-
ah, of John the Baptist, of the chosen disciples Tim-
othy, Titus, Erodius Clement, who lived iu chastity ;
but 1 do not blame those others, happy in the bonds
of marriage, and. i hope to be found worthy ol God,
in following their traces iu His reign, after the ex-
ample of Isaac, Jacob, Isuiah. and of the other propli
eta, such as Peter und Paul, and of their A ponies
who were married.”
Some scholurs have pretended that the nnitie ol
St. Paul 'interpolated in this famous letter. Ttmen
and all those who have seen the letters of St* Ignn-
tius iti Latin, iu the Library of the Vatican, acknowl-
edge thut the name of St. Paul is found in them. —
And Baronious does not deny that this |»ssage exists
in some Greek manuscripts; hut he pretends that
these were added by some modern Greek.
There was in the ancient Library at Oxtord, a
manuscript iu Greek of these letters of St. Igiuuius,
in which these words are found. I do not know
whether it was burned with many other hooks, at the
taking of Oxtord by Cromwell. There is still one
in Latin iu the same Library, in which the words
“ Pauli el .dpoelolorum" ure effaced, but in such
manner that the ancient characters nmy be easily
read. It is certain that this passage is contained in
many editions of the letters.
This dispute concerning the marriage of St. Paul,
may be wry frivolbus. What matters it whether he
wus married or not. it the other Apostles were. so?
We have only to read his hist Epistle to the Corin-
thians to prove that he might have been married
like the others: “ Have we not a right to lead about
Discourse by Preeident Brigham Young, Taber-
nacle. Feb 20, 1853, P M
Truly happy is that man or woman, or that people,
who enjoy the privileges of the Gospel ol the Son ol
God, and who know how to appreciate Ins blessings.
Who is that person, or thut people ? We are rendy
to reply, the Latter-day Saints are the only people on
r.uih, that we have any knowledge of, to whom die
everlasting Gospel has been given in these last days ;
they ore" the only people who are the heirs to it with
all its blessings and privileges. Not to our knowl-
edge is there any other people on i he face of this
glol e who enjoy this inestimable blessing. True,
to a certain degree, ils influence ;
uiiior, proprietor, and
.ill mankind enjoy
the manifestations ol the a
giver of tin- Gospel of life mill salvation to lallen
man.
All the bdkptnig ol Adam, from his day to this,
Imve enjoyed, to a gt eater or less degree, the light,
flic glory, ..ml the manifestations of the light ol the
'■('untenunev of their Lord. But they have not en-
joyed, at all times, the Gospel, with its ordinances,
blessings, und privileges- Tins is the only people
that now enjoy those signal favors. The Priesthood
kai been upon the earth from lime to lime, und the
kingdom ol God bus been organized to certain de-
grees ; but we can truly say, this is the time of times ;
we live iu the day of days; we enjoy the blessings
nt the blessed ; and have bestowed upon us, in the
lullness of times, privileges that surpass all privile-
ges hitherto bestowed upon mankind.
Iu this dispensation all tilings will be gathered iu
i, ue ; and strange and marvellous as it may appear
10 the world, this is the people who are ihe instru-
ments iu tin* hand of God to bring it to pass. This
is u mull which no argument can successfully bear
down. No mutter how it is despised, persecuted, or
ueglectud as a frivolous, trifling and childish Work,
11 is true and it will remain; it is the kingdom ol
heaven upon the earth. Here is the pirn, of wilvn-
nou, here are the words of life, here is the light ol
eternity, here is the intelligence that will instruct
kings, and impart judgment to rulers. It is embodied
here m the midst ol this people, and trom them the
rays of heavenly light, wisdom and intelligence have
spread upon the wide earth, and the Spirit of the
Lord that fills immensity has been poured out upon
it: lace, giving light io every man and woman that
coineth into tins world.
Brethren and sisters, can we realize its greaUiess ?
Arouse the reflecting and reasoning faculties with
which you are endowed ; reason upon your past ex-
perience in this church, and then inquire il you are
as happy as you anticipated you would be ; il you
have received dial which you desired ; il you enjoy
:hut which was once m die tuturc to you ; and wlint
1 wish to j&k, those persons who w
Jackson county, il they suffered ns much in the actual
driving as they would huve done iu the anticipation
of it a year before it took place ? You will all reply
that if you hud known it u yeui tielorelmud you could
not have eudured the thought.
I wish to apply this both ways. You that have
not passed through die trials and jiersecutious, aud
drivings widi this people irom the beginning, hut
have only reud them, or heard saiheof diem related,
may think how awful they were io endure, and won-
der that the Saints survived them at all. The thought
of it makes your heart sink within you, your brain
reel, aud your body tremble, and you are ready to
exclaim, “ I could not have eudured it." 1 have
been in the heal of it, and never felt better iu all iny
life ; I never felt the peace and power of die Al-
mighty more copiously poured upon me than in the
keenest jiart of our trials. They appeared nothing
to me.
I hear people talk about their troubles, their sore
privations, and the great sacrifices they have made
for die Gospel’* sake. It never was a sacrifice to
me. Anything I could do or suffer in the cause of
the Gospel is only like dropping a pin into the sea.
The blessings, gifts, powers, honor, joy, truth, salva-
tion, glory, immortality and eternal lives, as far out-
swell anythiog 1 can do in return for such precious
gilts, as the groat ocean exceeds iu expansion, hull,,
and weight, the pin that I drop into it.
Had 1 millions of wealth and devoted it all to the
building up of this people, and said take it, and
build temples, cities, and fortifications with it, and
left myself penniless, would it liuve been a snci ifice ?
.No ; but one of the greatest blessing* thin coidd be
conferred upon mortal man — to have the privilege ot
calling thousands, aad perhaps millions from dark-
ness to light, from the power of Satan aud unright-
eousness, to the principles of truth and righb-ousuess
in the living God.
the glory, all die peace, all the joy, all the comfort,
and all the light you anticipated when you was ming-
ling with the wicked world. If you are deeeived,
who will deceive you? If you are wronged, who
wrongs you ? If you are cheated out of your crown
at last, who has cheated you?
These questions may apply in different ways;
they may apply to the business operations ol the
world, as well us, to ihe grace of God iu die bean,
Jesus l hrisi can prove to you that tins is die work ol
God. Men uninspired of God cannot, by their
wordly wisdom, disprove it. Neither can they by
ilieii wisdom alone prove it to be true, neither to
themselves or to others. They not being able to
prevail against it, does not prove it to he die king-
dom of God ; for there are many theories and sys-
tems on the earth, incontrovertible by die wisdom of
die world, which are nevertheless false. Nothing
less than. the povvei of the Almighty, enlightening
the understandings of man, cun demonstrate this glo-
rious truth to the human mind.
When you were iu your uuiive homes in the old
countries and in the United States, before you gath-
ered with the jieople ot God, what were your thougts
uud expectations when you looked forward to the
period of your being embodied with the Saints ?
What was the vision of your mind, aiid the opera-
tion of the Spirij upon your understanding? When
you were gathered widi the Saints of the Most High,
and became associated as a brother, n sister, and a
neighbor, with that blessed society, you expected to
enjoy the manifestations of the Lord Jesus Christ;
walk in the light of his countenance; aud by the
power of the Holy Ghost have the oracles of trudi
revealed to you continually ; that you would be in
heaven, in the Zion of the Lord.
These were your expectations. You did not ex-
pect to hear the name of the God we serve blas-
phemed from morning until evening. You expected
to be delivered trom hearing the blasphemies of your
wicked shopmaies ; liom the tyranny of your uugodly
employers, aud from the persecution of the bigoted
religionists, who were all unitea to pick you to pieces,
and destroy you, both temporally and spiritually, if
it were possible. On the one side you was sheared,
and on the other shaved.
You were annoyed with the ungodly conversation
and filthy deeds of your neighbors. Y our peace was
destroyed, and you could not enjoy thnt happiness
held out to you in the Gospel. Yet you felt the in
fluence of the Spirit of Truth burning in your heart,
which kindled m you a longing desire to mingle
with the Saints. You would exclaim, " O that I
could enjoy the society of die Saints, and muke my
escape from this ungodly place- 0 that I had means
to gather up my little family, and journey to the
place of the gariiering of the Saints of the Most
High."
I his was your feeling, and this your prayer. You
anticipated deliverance liom hell to find a heaven
INTERESTING STATISTICS
We give, on another page of this morning 1 :.
Times, some interesting extracts from the. recently
published Appendix to the Census Keport, prepared
by Professor lie Bow, Il seems, from that portion
of these statements which relates to the nativity oi
our population, dint the foreign bom number only
about one-eighth of die natives, — much the largest
portion being in die Middle Slates.- The largest
number of immigrants to this country in any one year,
was 439,437 in 1852, — though this statement is
scarcely accurate, as more limit a year is comprised
in the returns.
The most valuable crop in the United States is that
of Indian Corn, estimated in I860 til two hundred
and ninety-six millions of dollars — and being nearly
three times as valuable as Wheat, and more than
three times as valuable as Cotton. Six times as
many aores of land ore devoted to Indian Com as
are given to Cotton and three times as much as to
wheat.
The value of Butter made annually in the United
Suites exceeds fifty millions of dollars.
There were only 347,525 slaveholders in the
United States, of whom only two own over one
thousand negroes, only nine own over five hundred ,
onlv fifty-six own over three hundred, one hundred
and eighty-seven own over two hundred, fourteen
hundred and seventy-nine own over one hundred.
The greatest number of slaveholders own more than
one and less than five ; the number of this class is
105,683.
The statement of the occupations of the people
shows that the Farmer's, outnumber by for any other
profession. Their number is 2,363,950 — while the
class which approaches nearest to them is that of
Laborers, who number 909,786. The Carpenter?,
stand next, counting 164,671, and then come Cord-
wainera, 130,473, &c. — [N. Y. Times.
itude.
1 have jierhups spoken too long. I have given
you all a text to preach upon, and to act upon in your
lives; do il faithfully, uud it will do you good.
May the Lord God of Israel bless you, and save
you in his kingdom is my prayer. Amen.
WHAT A BOMB SHELL CAN DO
Round shot und shells are perpetually whizzing
through the air day and night, falling in all direc-
tions, amongst und through the houses of the city.
By night the shells assumed a magnificent appear-
ance, resembling so many shooting stars, though,
alas ! far more formidable. One day a number of
us were viewing the scene of destruction from a bat-
tery erected on the summit of a high hill. Whilst
we anxiously observed the amount of damage com-
mitted by the shell, there arose suddenly from the
centre of the fort what appeared to us a huge mound
of earth, which gradually increased in size until it
resembled a hill some six hundred feet in height ;
then it almost imperceptibly changed, assumed the
appearance of an excessively dark thunder-cloud
which eventually spread far and wide, concealing
both fort and town from our wonder-struck gaze.
A few minutes elapsed, and it entirely enveloped the
position we were occupying although nine hundred
yards from the explosion. This terrific catastrophe
originated in one of our shells fortunately bursting
in a po.vdta - magazine containing several tons of
combustible nmunition. The sublime spectacle that
ensued will never be effaced from my memory ; nor,
I imagine, from that of any one who witnessed the
sight. For several minutes the atmosphere .con-
tinued very close, not even a breath of wind stirring,
but a death-like stillness prevailed, precisely similar
to that which precedes a Scinde dust storm. All the
guns ceased firing — all eyes were directed upwards,
gazing with awe at the scene thus suddenly pre-
sented them. Men even addressed each other in a
whisper.— [James’ Volunteer Scrambles.
“Would it were lawfVd to marry two wives V* ex-
claimed on enthusiastic young bachelor, desperately
in love with a couple of country cousins. “ Try one
to begin with,” was the rejoinder of a surly old
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bring forth baicp 1
each other is K> w •’
kitchen and w* was® 1
(he ewwft ®f *&©** '~‘ t '" <
that are taking piac*-
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the prtee of Bfe. *rt*|
elothiBjf and .welter,
sluttish serf wrtr.Werf.
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fully the nwkiiade- of
result from these- swift
They rtso the body , c
the mb A And the
band and wife. TVs
partake of the feeble
both physical and to
world st anted and gn
We would «* fee '
the krer.-farion oi man
fceneficenz. But :et e
Let not the brave <ra<
the gentle etove with
care like. It is a gi
pie, who have i-aara
the sanahine of fife
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time -with no angers,
tiered op against «"
and joy to the ever
they two zhail be td.
riage — for it is the
Their lore is woven
time, aor death. aor
i eerie.
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.,lj ry t , guild cilitOli 'OSlIil "V"" ,|M '
labii'l nieut o! a Moi.mm colony in one niidM will,
dooi. regret, mid without fomiii!-. 'ho rePUt-reim
,. venl , wo hml hoped would hevunfiev h, ironur-t
ouv bWUH'Y
n.'ir is. cm illosiSn io m 1,1 ,uu,lU ' v • 1
b«iy, plunder, tire and cwutd Him '»"'•■ nturked
Moody persecution!! which ouv people have
in Illinois 1 anil Missouri.
Hut know ye, oh ye people of Cmemna.i, an
the whole v or Id, that these wn» '’I Mood-tl
indollihle mains upon Auierieun h««iory, m-« <■»"
able msiinlv upon such defutW-'s of Mormon elm
ter, such I’olnenier: ol l*». »W>li hyponnieal
toxic! guardians of public morals, such blind h a
of (he blind ns the Daily Coluuihmn, and othei
Hom isst-f • 1 h*v« ",<it U * »'« vj* *
in company wi<h iMeT Tb f m “ *W<i,
VVr left St, on the %/.
t„d met oar brethren <A the Mm**
iwi oornplevd the bmit*** that r^
( . h of Church there, after *hich , ^
instruction in "Z tlffl t0 * r4
by Bro. Harrm, ^nday,
meeting; dm ^it c.f the Wd o /a , ,,,,
Saint* felt to rejoice t the Ivrrd sna,/^ ,
much mtefnl inatfWW*, and all ^
1 bud. u P , and feel to «k> ,he ^ „
rssihlc in future There seem* fe h, ,
or feeling prevailing among tnerr,
May God help ‘ helfl ao S a «
4th Returned to St. Loaw; found ^
Wednesday fith, I baptized two; the ^
„.oh the oresence of Hm spnrt, s b'
i itcuaury will Ds I’^^y w the wid- ”
llm ; “ pr-rlmpn cnOUtfb on this aubjor.t jf
. ttitnl and oil ) 9 , und who Uvc-pt |f
idiow rvlu-m the m - r!iri VVf/T l{
u. not any Of you '^Jr /thewilloftbe J
ghtedtfaheis* -> ^ rlu) , go and try j h
imi al 'U vvt,u r If we have any t
„ u,., wise know ^ u, - r ' o 10 ,i tme all i« ,
.r lic/ht on ih«s ru^^i wu 111 . 1
iciujuro ol »h ni . : . , ^.u-. he ha» a
I rtwl* , There it> nothing fmt whm nr . ,
IV ' nuentlv whenever we are lonlh to
and in; ' U ^ 0 f our aubotance. we ,
-»der unto luin « ‘ or „ cl cvatpd; we have ,
re not properly humble - to hiln , we urc
at our eye* open o sec «W »•* ^ U(;()
ii darkness; ye. llmt darkr.^ ve V I ^
ro have not got shut ol our sclfl-faWJ
ml, enlightened, we are net pure as-, > -
The Lord exacts tithes in order to prove u» Take
.Si follows: Thf prophet Elijah cornea^
Kiel says. I have got no means in my han ^ ^
^r^Sy^AnyX'" Ye!: J«j
. youVive any of it away, you will want n your-
S be rs Close-fisted, unkind, unfeehng to wrdo^ I
to take a portion of her last pittance and he a man
at that. Now can you imepne a case where you
would he in a more trying condition than h
might have said, could he not work for a living a. X
do do not take my meal or oil; you have hands to
work as well ac I have. Can you imagine a case
when it cart be more objectional to have tried a wo-
nf.pr this manner; but he said, fetch out
In addition to the dispute'"* which
the drtlly |mpm a nf tlpj I'lh, WiMeiU'll
di.omieh in a iia'rciinlile lion.' 1 ' m 1 "■
Kinkuad, who narrow l.\ om uped
Litnuiiiu when MilchttH'i ptttly b'H, a
ably veenvev from Ilia wounds, six
been extruded from him* In iidditi'
600 in gold token from I'D- lv nd,eii'
thiil a large aniouiii in druH-' 1 wo '- 1
mail declined for t>l, Jmiuis mcieliun'
Wo alto .-.vpeiited a heavy voiiuiu
E. Fund, mid tu roc*ot cKinting li
church. THo mud being lif lcd, mid
a, id cnlierod, U, ere is littl- bdp« b-fi
any such drafts. Titov will 10
ultimate loss, hut they cannot 1 1 'one
spring, und much inconvenience wr
below l2tl\ tst ■
,,, 111 Second SC
0. UttleficM.
Ta«- Cincinnati Columbian aiut the Monuonn.
The Cincisusaii Columluau. of Nov. x'7th, has an
arlK'lc neavlv a column in length about the Mor-
oons-their policy and movements throughout tins
conatrv— thwtr genera, character, and tue evils to le
apprehended from their exisience ut toe Queen Cits
and other parts of the United States. The muck
contains, some troth, much misrepresentation, con-
siderable alarm raid fearful apprehensions, and deci-
dedly more ignorance than either, so far as relates
to the real c raracter and spirit of the Mormon peo-
ple He says. - Motroonism can draw \uthm its
folds cnlr the designing, the vulgar and the igno-
rant." Again, '• the great body are low. ignorant
and debased, wi ll minds feebly lighted with the fire
of exhausted passion. Miners of Cornwall, cohere,
artisans, and the poorest and most ignorant, wherev-
er they were to he found. Whoever had ideas but a
shade removed from the brutes, fee., were tit subjects
for Mormon proselyteism.”
It is in such effusions as the above that most ol
the article alluded to abound. Now, this style ol
thinking and writing about Mormons and Mormon-
ism is decidedly old and Stole. Angry zealots, and
self-sufficient, malignant scribblers, have so long
dealt in this kind of trash, that men of sense and re-
m -!i lonnrpr swallow it. It is beconuDg
LOOK ON THIS AND THEN ON THAT, |
’Tis truly amusing to observe the ease with « lticli
political navigators adjust their sails to eonlUcinig
breezes. A few weeks since the Democrat, ot this
city, under the head of ” Mormon War." furnished
its' readers a very spicy article, in which it quotes
and endorses the following, from the Chnileston
Mercury :
“ Wliy should the Federal Government parly and
temporize, and seek by expedients of conciliation to
postpone the inevitable conflict? Nothing can be
gained by delay or concession. To talk of eompro-
misinir with Mormonisnr, or of tolerating it in the
Milo Ayo&u%
BRIGHAM YOUNG.
The famous Brigham Young, the Governor of
Utah, and Grand High Priest of the Mormons, came
near having an inglorious end put to Ins career, in
August last. He went down into his well to recover
a lost bucket, when the kerbing tumbled in, the earth
followed, and Brigham Young became, for the once,
a subterranean Saint. But the zeal of his followers
would not permit any such finish to the life ol their
most faithful shepherd . Spades and shovels were
brought into requisition ; the harem of the buried
Governor assembled in force to aid the saving efforts
of the male members of the flock, and, in about two
hours they had the gratification of pulling him out,
Stor-m*.— B y ' elegrapr, we m>.e — ~ —
mendous snow storm, on the 4th inst., throughout the ■
northern and western portions of A ork State, -ae
snow falling to the depth of three met. A
storm took place on the evening of me 3d mat- Stott-.
1Dt , the steamers Met city, Troy, Adrian and m
other boau. There was also a terrific gale at 2*,
ton on the same night- Series disasters % Ui
shlnniniT. and numerous vessels at shore.
TVSiNZL ■
■ The Locis rike
prospe-cu and Seasft
nei under the Ohio
Jeffersonvilie, ltd.
granted vy tee K
1S54 : and the ris
Louisville, and the
ation for <riry pan
The Fort Wapme
have accepted the
of way: and prof
possible, to put to,
early in the -spring
tor railroad purse;
to the use of all
it will be 2S teet
perpendicularty . i
areiring x«B be ;
length. The des
either end, will 1
straight iine. F:
skie to dw head a
the river will be 1
net will be eonsir
channel or pi: in.
ivCTfgrail excavate
ire. The work A
mated at d 100.00
by a cash sufessri
able UEiii t he wh
all rite stock is
equal semi-annE
Ven- angry notes are known to nave receicy
passed between France and England on one side
and Prussia on the other. The design of these pro-
tocols is to induce Prussia to d^ciare lor oe against
the Czar. There is little prospect ol the war feeing
terminated during the present year. Iu all prorar.fi-
ity the allies will have learned wisdom before tre
commencement— os.'tlve campaign in ifevki- l-;es
instead of lighting
cremitv
in the Crimea, at the very a-
of the Russian Empire, they may have de-
termined to also carry the war into the vital pare—
to attack Russia in a central place. This can scarre- ,
ly be done without the assistance of Prussia, .breuge
whose territories the hostile and invading army sveutd
have to marcii, as was done in IS 12.
Louis Napoleon has now an army of one huadref
and fifty thousand men in the rirctmty of BcaksgR:
a position whence they could readily march open.
Russia. It is alleged that this immense force, which
will winter in its present encampment, is to be sent
against Prussia in the spring unless Frederick Wil-
liam join the allegiance against -the Czar. Lotus ]
Napoleon, if no other means will do it. (and proto- 'n
cols are only paper pellets, ) may desire to entice 1
Prussia by force. An extension of the war appears Sr
inevitablt', and, should it take place, who knows but
that, when the contest is concluded, a new arrange- y-
meni of European territory may take place, to amend |
that under the treaty of Vienna, in 1515, by which -1
France may fulfil! her long cherished dream of once |
more obtaining the Rhine as one of its boundaries — Y
an arrangement which, as under the old Napoleon,
would take a large slice from Prussia ! 4Ye are |
very confident that Louis Napoleon has some pohn- |
cal views which be keeps to himself, but bears cua-
stantly hi mind. By-and-by, perhape, Prussia iua> ,
be the - sick man," with France as residuary tega- :
tee. — [N. Y’. Daily Tiuies.
a person come with a keen ana nvety recottecuon
that Jesus Christ died, that he poured out Ins blood
for us — not that lie gave one bushel ol wheat out ol
ten, but that he has given up his life, his body to be
broken, that he did not hesitate to give himself up
to die. When the Saints remember this, let them
not say 1 am poor, I am destitute, while they have
such a friend.
Do yotf not know that if ever you become pure
men and women, and have power to work miracles,
you will do it ilirough the priesthood — through your
obedience to the ordinances? Hence the woman
obeyed the councils of the priesthood and gave the
last ot her meal, and then the power of God was
made manifest in supplying and recruiting it, so
that it continued to supply them. The Lord wants
us to walk by faith so that we can cheerfully give up
all, even if it be tut only son: we are to continue to
approximate that point. It is an easy thing to give
up a tenth. We have not yet come to the shedding
time yesterday. 1 was unexpectedly detained in
Chicago 24 hours. At the same time I feel blessed
in hearing the voice of my brother, and seeing the
countenances of the Saints in this commodious place.
I felt like making a few remarks, not that I could
add to the progressive feeling of the conference, but
I wished to enter into the same spirit as you have,
and get the starch and stiffness out of me, and enter
into the mellowness of spirit I feel you five in pos-
session of.
With regard to tithes, as this is the subject, 1 feel
to make a few remarks this afternoon, as they seetn
dictated to me at the present time.
Is there any good grounds for reluctance of pay-
ing our tithes ? It may be there is, or has seemed
to he, in the minds of very excellent and worthy
Saints, though 1 think it owing to their infancy and
the want of the proper knowledge of God and his
work. 1 cannot think of any better apology lor the
Saitils than this.
Now suppose* we set down an account with die
Lord, and know how much we oturiit to give hint.
Suppose we begin with reckoning wlmt belongs to
n: , und take it and put it on the side we call our
Own, and lot the Lord have .the , idter. 1 1 he has
done or accompli- bed any good work by us, let him
have die benefit ol dint. It ho has organized our
frames, regulated and given tone and vitality to our
faculties and all out different senses, by which we
get good or alum evil, let him have the credit of that.
To whom belongs the credit ol dm senses ol seeing,
hearing, feeling, and hand ling intelligently and in-
geniously < It we did not liaiiie our own litcilllies
oi anything ol omselves -it in him we live, and
move, und have our being, set thui down to his credit
on the balance tilled. If we pursue this subject in
the way, let u min the oh-inenu \1 hose are
these ' Did we organize them? Did we ilt'rango
them dun llu-y are lieiitliful ? Tin- atmosphere is
favorable to beull.li dii: e a valtmbl
From Cincinnati — Onward and Upward
Professor O. Spencer writes, Dec. 2nd, that be
has in contemplation the publication of a monthly
magazine from that place so soon as he. can receive
assurances of support ibai will justify a commence-
ment. We are pleased with this resolution, and
hope that the friend:: of science and true religion ev-
erywhere, and the Saints in particular, will afford
him that encouragement which his commanding tal-
ents and laudable purpose so ricltly merit.
Are there not among the Saints and their friends
in St. Louis and vicinity, plenty of men both able
i ud trilling to come to the aid ol Elder Spencet
and Elder Taylor, aud subscribe for one hundred
our remoteness :
lien is tsauiiVstt
perrise, and in
cy. by taking t
power. Learii
their own
exempt from to
tusal to be sub
often created je
is not warrant--
aitd army and c
bk- -and just
where principal
of aeurrai na!
government m.
free goods. 1
this principle a
OUT bV o mm^
sua agreed. ?
King of Pi-mss
eiug privateer:
agree, because
donate :o the e
The proposal .
teers, !> proles
private proper
though euemw
w» ; but this
u»g out that p
.such private j
tested by tut jc
powetts ire Eta
toisvuionul hv
OC^Ul »JvH33.
PREMATURE MATRIMONY.
Marriage is a divine and beautiful arnmgeutec!-
It was designed by Providence not solely as the
means of keeping up population, or as a mere secud i
and economical convenience, but as the blendiog A
two spirits into one — the masculine representis? i
wisdom, and the fememne affection. MTten tins#
is a true spiritual amriity between the two, thee the
design is accomplished.
Premature marriages are among tlie greatest evih
of the times; and it would not le a bad idea ra these
days of reform if an .uui-mam • ug-in-a-burry sochn
were instituted. Novv-a-days jaropde leap into the
magic life circle with no more consideration thaa
they would partake of a dinner — little thinking that,
when once iu, they are there until their end cotues-
There is but little, sometimes uo mutual analvsis ot
disposition, and comparison of taste and affevHtcut-
Tltey seem to fancy that if thoie are any diserepaB-
cies the fatal Gordian knot, which can be setdor*
cm, and never united, will harmonize all.
l'he numbers who have Celt tins truth— the u«a-
U'rs still feeling « to then he.Ws core— are insufe* - .
la ble. I hey recognize it as the great mistake N
j 'licit lives, l he chaii >s not to them a silken ewt-
but a cable of iron, thui tightens around them UK ' : °
and more, crush mg out nil hope and energy, su^'
uiting hate tv«i love, and eatiug out with rust the
ittttl'v life ot the soul.
Boys and girls now man y to a greater extern l?* 1 '
ev er K-toiv, instead of waiting tiU they becvxne fow
| giown and manned men and women. The yuW*'lf
I dandv as soon ns ho g,-n out m short i.wkv
j t irnls a little furze gathering on Ins upper lip— ^
the young miss, as soon ns she emerges iYotil
nursery and abWevtated Itwks - -think thev me q u -*^'
itied to assume the most solentti ivs’.sras: tulitiC'' 1 x ‘
file. And so it '' l\i " and “ Via" won't consv'-'- ■
they post oft' to some Gretna -Green, and thoW rx '' i
obligation.- that, m ninety -nine eases out ot' a h«W
died, tlioy never will cease bitterly to repeal-
eferi to ** one hundred thour-
Europe,” and l iupload aitei
.Ur port cvc, W hat 1 and
!'. in uoidcx and fu an-
other, cities, id .the.
ami ■ irorn the black soil ol
„ .... a hlfft* it" but a
■ Ti “j,nv.tng r-trange”—
,rc Icriovn? Surely r. this
,l ala mi to i the .?d, 000, 000 O.t
1 fijn.-eri years
ii tin.- Saints in
Ii- Hein. 1 he
ear lie with all it- jn-od lUUiun-:. iim Iritu-i, vegetables,
llowevc, fn , :>lioul(l iiIIvlIji- pul down in he liivur;
n l III if Oe vurttlmin the imhjcel, "'hull We nut find that
I'lilsch •::> ill :u l Olite- |rom him. The |HVpoiidruuiCC
ol good ilui jii'i Inin m you and tun lui . ei'io inuiv'.d
from Hun, iiiri niily n, Imi ii i, upheld and con-
:• l II ltd I, ualnincd b\ Hi- [ii'iwddcni'e ini l Inly Spirit,
dud il wr bnie j n ii elevnt'-'l vicWi. and notions i >|
I'igliii'i'Usitcs' tibnvi .1 nut fellmv num, if we have
Icnriiml tin wirnloni m ilu- fyjuimavici m our siut , ji
We lielmvutl llui null,, m whom nvn wo mdcbuul Im
lliln? Wliu bus given mi lepnlitlini'i 1 , mill udluinls-
leivd the glli u| fniil,, Itui 1 1 ii ii y, and love of righl-
coutiie'ia ? Did they uriginnti) in om selves or bun I
li ilia luilei , llion Im (i, entitled to all the bcnvfii that
;Mi. l'oim.u X-'iJ"' 1 ' ha® reluriicd to h In li'U'liu i
, lore ,.f biii'ii,, nonth-ctui i oriM-1 ol Sevenih und
l-’rnnklifi iiVl.liUi: .-.|,V f«: 1"' Will be liii|i|iy to v. nil i'll
hiu oM fusion if; I in el die jnibiif f-i-nernlly, .mil sup-
ply theiu on invmublii i. v. tib i.-vurytliing iu dm
gi 0 ..,-ry hire, mi vill Im i «u by .idvertibi'mv.nl iii un-
otbei coluiun bull und u.
me niaervttvv
and Great Bt
wsgtort TerriV
U«S ore tee '
KjCVtlUSWiids
income is $900
iieu.
rbt.il.
\U-tr*fp > tr ~' *
r/> li-vora.--. I '/- ’A* ;/ -v
' harm- '-s '. I’rrffer '■ i* eyrbijse
fan's,; iiir (#*?« '>? *c
Mm, ■ - afeoM*' jw ? «*<
sp! the *!*Sft**i7 ’-!feit ftw-J
sscA (^'■'.‘■t, or -iA*~
of ffce ejM» few "rtyrort*, i*
yarta&y are */m*#nA seri
blfclg ferfe -T./y i-V^vjVy. 1
<KW.h ifeW J* to *» «•• • w *
kitchen -wi on w»w* Wsf!
the «»»!* '4 iStow* '*kv» .-« •-'
I.VmK tf&viaag pfot»~ ■■:■ •■■■'
'HWte, tewmgfhefe •*>’!’■■'! *s
asd is - w cfepewem .■:'
we -jritttsw r i» "mi&rfrijsn
Hut prime *f fife, «x^0»m:
C-kZn.r.y 'a!/: Mtitnt, - .- ’■ v
slatURr. «wi m.iW 1 ,.
It w-vaM V: cpiee dnysArt
fojijr lie .Trakttiwi-, « J65««
te>ri( fttow fee** rir.rui zi:s*r.
They rnn ‘fie soiy , 'S'-TTSyi 5
the Ki.r-d. Awl fife rsswfc
tend ami -wife Tk*«* a*
pepake w the ieerdi twav. xr
•safe $tsp&ai Xbi COMBI. a®
•work! «JBWrd srad g&arfefi
We Trunk! list ce 'Stjisnu
ike riratftwir.n « rr--4rrsa^e,
beneficent- But --:*ry
Let td se Vrsv* ~s«;e p*:r
tie ger.-Je <vre nr* k*«b?
have Hint, fc is a $afj*-s. -
pie. wi* have wearkeasi 'k*
the Vtssksut of tiie ragetie
iogiy and rruihi.riis, hows,
time -rich fA an^ert, ne ea
nered -ip a^aisja eaeh other
and Joy » -ie ererLrztai?-
they two itai be w feet
ria?e — fer if is tie atasria
Their love xa *ai«e& tssc. a :
rime-. at* death. ar etesafe
ItfZlf,.
Ut.A a thi". '
Himtt your lev i»we. I bare «*<»« ■> w-r v , v
,fe* eouwry, w» «w^eo? with KWer 7 Low**
H--.it, ,, We iff. St- Lot,,, a. the
for ao't otf ot"'* "f
fke, re'll sod '"=«
,„ UmaO, of Cta»«h ^ l ^
ih. tr. *Mi»e mfhrncswrr ir» :f * :, ’ r “o^ ^
dtities foll.w,-e/J by Bro. Jferri* ^"^7. %.
lift#! » food fho of tH« Wd w*,^
u*. and tfc«: SaiiJtt felt w» /’ josc«s the l^/rd wssj^d
,/» to jfive thero ifixei, lUff’it ir^ttt>otitWi, wel *.{•
,;.|ifii;.i #ftd hej.lt tip, and fee! >0 do tier, r
rmeti, a* potwibfe in (»■»■, re Therr 'anm» u> > 4
letter ievliUff fftr-aiitr-g »««»? r—, *,
heretofore. May O'/) l e/p th«w. <uA all .S„ fM
Bifi tS)<
Monday. 4th. Ketwwed to St. leouw; !o»,./.
o veiled v c hmi ho|fe «! "oul'i ii» Iiuiik *' 1 i"
Our liistury."
Urn- * lilt iHt,» i»'n1“ tl,r jcimh .. nl titurtloi . toh-
beiy, jilinitler. tin 1 niul Htvurd that luive tmuheil the
bloody |»ri . i u'.tnn . V.'lllr'll out |ii’upl<' lunr . iidui.'d
in Illinois and Missi.uri.
Dm know ye, uli ye peoplv ol f inemn.ui, and i.t
ibo whole v urld. (hot iliese scenes "I blood — these
indollihln Mains n)>on rVtUt.rieutt history, are ithorije-
uble luainD ujkjh such ilefamers of Murinon > ltnra< -
tcr, such fomefiters o( bate, such hypocriticol ynr-
tcndnl gtmrdinns of public muralti, such blind b-adcru
of the blind as the Daily Coluinbinn, oml olben itn-
iI.ti \oiunals, who, while they u»)me to ,(lil J c puhlir
opmiou. tire thuinsclve the slave.-, ol prejudice .md
bigotry, catering for a vicioun public mm< — pamp-r-
ing the basest passions of the vilo, ami are destitute
of iliese noble mid genetous impulse:, of universal
chui ilv and good will to muu. wbirl, would e.imbl.
tliom rightly to lone public feeling, and bold in check
the turbulent spirit of iKipitlnr eseltetnent to which
the multitude are, but too prone.
LIST Ot' At>DNTH TOR TUB I.UM1NABV
Poptar. briow I Mb bt.
I •.#«.. N.-.clb fVrnn.l St.
li, ftnrl 1 It l.lttlftlsl'l.
■KflV
you got a IjUu' ineal, mafJam— JUM a muk ivi .r. ,
present necesaity. Any oil ! Ye*. Jew a little of
both ; all will be used up presently. W ell. w hat did
he my to this poor Saint 7 l.nhelief whispered,
don’t you give any of it away, you will want it yoyr-
celf; he is close-fisted, unkind, unfceling to widow?.,
to take a portion oi heT ltntt pittance and he a man
at that. Now can you imagine a case where you
would be in a more trying condition than this? She
might have said, could he not work for a living as I
do ; do not take my nieai or oil ', you have hands to
work as well as I have. Can you imagine a ease
when it can be more objectional u, have tried a wo-
man, than after this manner; fait he said, fetch out
the meal arid oil. What was the result ? The re-
sult was that the meal and oil did not diminish.
Some will be ready to say, this was in the days of
the prophets, in the days oi miracles, but the --aae is.
different now. Would not this U: the reasoning of
the world? Don’t they talk the same with regard
to the ancient miracles and prophets? But have we j
not the same priesthood now as then ? Is tliere not
the same power as then— the same God yesterday
and forever < Will tne power of godliness ever be
made manifest, but through the priesthood ? Tne
Book of Doc. and Cov. says that the power of godli-
ness can only he made manifest through the autcor-
1 ity and ordinances of the pnestnood. Hat e we to
; come to this? Is the power of God to pass through
1 such mere men and ordinances! Why certainly.
LOOK ON THIS AND THEN ON THAT
’Tis truly amusing to observe the ease with which
political navigator, adjust their sails to conflicting
breezes. A few weeks since the Democrat, of this
city, under the head of " Mormon War.'’ furnished
its veadcra a very spicy article, in which it quotes
and endorses the following, from the Charleston
Mercury
“ Why should the Fedctal Government parly and
temporize, and seek by expedients of conciliation to
postpone the inevitable conflict y Nothing can be
gained by delay or concession. To talk of compro-
mising with Morroonism, or of tolerating it in the
least repulsive of its aspects, is to insult the reason
and the conscience of the country. Relentless re-
pression is the only cure lor die evil, and the only
policy which the good sense of the public will ap-
prove. The work should be done quickly. * '*
It is sound policy in die President to grapple with
the difficulty at once, and with a resolution to con-
cede nothing to the pretensions of Mormonism.”
Violent and hot-headed as iliese editors appear,
vet even Uiese [muse and give place to a sober 3econd
thought, for this same Democrat more recently fur-
nishes us, from the Charleston Mercury, with the
BRIGHAM YOUNG.
The famous Brigham Young, the Governor oi
Utah, and Grand High Priest of the Mormons, came
near having an inglorious end put to his career, in
August last. He went down into his well to recover
a lost bucket, when the kerbing tumbled in, the earth
followed, and Brigham Young became, for the once,
a subterranean Saint. But the zeal of his followers
Storm-.. — By Tefegraph we have news of a. a
rnendous snow storm, on the din m* t. , throngh.se? :
northern ajid western portions of V ork State, :
snow falling to the depth of three feet. A tera
storm took place on the evening of t he 3d mst- ah
ing the steamers Mercisy. Troy, Adrian and sen
other boats. There wai also a terrific gale at =
ton on the same night. Serh-os disasters to
j shipping, and numerous vessels at shore.
most faithful shepherd. Spadeu arid shovels were
brought into requisition ; the harem ol the buried
Governor assembled in force to aid the saving efforts
of the male members of the Hock, ai d, in about two
i, ours they had the gratification of pulling him out,
like a forked radish, from his aub-soil bed. He
preached that night from the text: : It is well with
me.” — [Albany Register.
The foregoing luscious tit-bit from some wag of
the Albany Register, has lately been going the
rounds in the newspapers, and not wishing to deprive
any of the enjoyment which its perusal might afford
them, we have heretofore refrained from noticin g iu
Presuming that all have had an opjrcrrafiiTfy^of sliak-
inc their sides over it, wc now take the liberty- to
THE WAP. IN EUROPE
Very angry notes are known to have reasit
passed between France and England or. or.e a4e
and Prussia or, the other. The design, of these ?•:-
toco! a is to induce Prussia to d relax.; for ot astra
the Czar. There is little prospect oi the war -«*j
terminated during the preseat year. Iu all prafcwi- }
jty the allies will have learned wisdom fewot-s » i
commeocernent -ot-the eair.pG.igti la 1955. Thau
Traread of fighting in the Crimea, at the vgrv -a- i
oremity of the ftm-sian Empire, they map have 4e-
terjained to also carry the war into the vial tsrr—
to attack Russia in a central pla. This can scarw-
ly \* done without the assistance of Pr.:--. :.-,rcuga
whose territories the hostile and iuvu-rinTaimv wait
have to march, as war. done in 1S12.
Louis Napoleon has n^w an anrry oi ■ .cc hundrec
and fifty thousand men rn the vicinity of Bcshan:-
whence they coaid readily march rjen .
e indeed true what the Columbian intimate*
tnoaism gaffiert into ’its folds the Myestanc
graded, f loose wnorn modem Chrisiiauiiy
o" perish, h.j their ignorance and filth,; anc
M- the:.. tne American Deseret, and inert
f in era x. nriving and happy people, it ful-
xor ja]!, ;u man that mission of mercy whic!
of the Redeemer was sent into the work
nplish, sr,4 which vise corrupt systems o.
Christianity nas failed to effect,
enr 'f-Aler--' «y know the cause way tlix
ran indulges in such a train of epithets, wt
, t-.-p -wf - a little farther :
. no bi^er ilcnnon yMcy to limit the pa»-
their holy flocks to the bounds of Etab.—
5 are vj (e tormed afid dturches established
e principal cities of the Union,
reductive pleasures of polygamy are W be
ores a? a step in advance of our present cjv-
, i . no idle speculation, and tbes-.
ra not to be done ia a corner. The Priests
c-a-i- upco the ground, and our largest and
■ moaaUe public ball is already occupied by
Suaday service. We know that emigrant:.
,r. expected to establish themselves in trades
'-- r \ r hti' the leader are to-day iii
making prcp,.c:^:. !bf tne.r amvak We
L , of raeiro-vn body that near 2,00b
ras'are ulnsady settled i» St. Louis, and into*
T--. ri i, -a* c s-nreiponding number will toon
a position
Russia, it is alleged that this immense force, «&efe ;
will winter in its prezen-. en-rampmenq is to be seat ,
agains? P.-tr-jD m the spring unless Frederick Wti- J
liam join the allegiance agal’r.sr -the Czsr. Looit j;,;'-
Napoleon. if no other uteous ivili do ir, (sndptra- k
cols are only jaj-er pellets, ) may desire to entice
Prussia by force. An extension of the war appear.,
inevitable, and, should it take place, who knows but .
that, when the contest b concluded, a new- arrange-
went oi European territory may take place, toataeat ^
ii.ru under the treaty of Vienna, sa 1515, by wkxt. Sag
France may fulfill her long cherished, dream ot occv I
more obtaining the Rhine as one ot its bourararies •
an arrangement which, as under the old Na pcieora .
would take a targe slice tionr Prussia ' M e ar?
very confideni tin*. Louis Nap-ole-oo has score pol»* i .
cal views w hich L-e keeps to himself, bat bears cen?
standy in mind. B\--and-by. periiapa, Prussia say |
be the sick man,” with France as residuary leg*- |
tee.— [ N. Y. Daily Tunes-
Onward and Upward
Dec. 2nd, that he
ilinri nf a monlhly
, as lie can rc.eivc
a cornmiincc-
■solutiori, nm!
md true religion ev-
afford
From Cincinnati-
Professor O. Spencer writes,
s in contemplation tin- publi
igaziiiu from tliat place so O'
Euratiees of suppurt ibat will justify
eot. IVc are pleased with this n
,pe that the friends of science a:
rwbern, and. the fidint:, in particular, will
m that encouragement which hia commanding mi-
ls and laudable purpose so richly merit.
Are there- not among ihu Saint?, and theii trien- ;
St Louis and vicinity, plenty of men '» , k al;le
,J willing to come to the aid or Elder Spence:
,d Elder Taylor, and subscribe lor one hundred
pies of each publication, to he sent m a I*»f ka * e
r distribution here? Those who arc umvillrng to
iy in advance, cnh-eiihe l-' pay monthly.
VVc would by no m-rms limit the prill- nag-- ..i - 1 -
,, publication to one hundred .01 -‘libel ■, hut We
ink that nurnk-r, at least, M ould U- raised to : 'art
Krt, and W. reel BMmmd that il »ll <1.-- im-ney
lent hymen who prefer •• «> h- Sain.,., lor l«|U.jr
■„] |, aw , and other healtli-deatroymg and soul-
■ . . .. ..,.,1 A r ; , , L' me nuid fi-r these Im r-
tip a tenth. We have not yet come to the shedding
of blood, though suitie have already come to it. Jo-
seph and Hyrum have done it : and many others will
have to come to it. But we must not speak of this
now ; we will talk of dimes aud dollars. This will
prove men it brings them the traits of faith.
How did this poor woman get her meal aud oil
increased but by f .itli. If such a request was made
now it would he asked by some, how do l know but
that lie is an impostor ? How do 1 know that good
will come out of it ? If you have lived up to your
baptismal vow, according m the K-st ot your ability,
and lu-i-ded the teachings given of tin- Holy Spirit.
If you have cherished that spirit and have not set
vourself up to be some great one, you will know
whether a man is un impostor or not. The Spirit
was gitcu unto Von to lead you into that very truth
and all other truths. And by it you know how many
potatoes, beans, cucumbers, uud how many bushels
of corn mid wheat constitute your tithes
Render up your tithe ■ then t-- God . let him see
we 1 1 uve confidence in him and life priesthood, and
not that iiy are so very captious to ray we do not
want to put it into your haiidx. w>- want to put *t into
the liuiiib- of our lleuvehly Father.
I think we .hull he belter alisfiedto put it into the
hands of anybody lie authorizes to receive it, and
especially into tin- hfuiriso! men who art- “et to per-
fect dm Sail, is and bring u, to dm unity of the faith
and to u netted knowledge ot the Son oi God.
to make a few remarks this afternoon a: they seem
dictated to me »l the present time.
Is there any pood grounds ior reluctance of pav-
ing our tithe : I It may he there is, or baa seemed
to he, in the mind- of very excellent and worthy
Sain': . though 1 think it owing to their infancy and
tile want of the propel knowledge of God and ids
work I cannot think of any heifer apology lor tie-
Suinls ihun the •
Now suppose vve .-.ct down an arcoiml with ttie
Lord and know le'.-.v much we ought to give him.
ue lie -in with rechoniiii- what helonp to
pervise, ami ia sotae ws
cy. by akfeg as a »
power. Leaving traras
their own acltocai srset
euKBft ire® ihstir
fusa2 ic- be iubjeo-d t-:
ciVtt creafcJ
& Lx* wntoctfU -jut r
aad wmy o«r wstc
He ziyi <
wfeeu pdttCiptti u
& :'-eutrai v..i*ks^ hi K
gQVvfPJSKfi*' tlii lili-UiiKS «
tree ges-ds- Effcrti ia
thi s priuvici* a? swtw*
u : the cauie for this great
.ending face which have
i its stupor, and aroused
O** j r, :-f war and -.quart
means ot keeping up population, or as a men
and economical convenience, but as the Men
tvv > spirits into one — the uuisaiiine Tepre
wisdom, and the fementne affectum. Who
is a true spiritual affinity between the two, tl
design is accomplished.
Premaiure marriages are among tire f-rreatv
of the times : and it would m-i be a ba.i idea i
days of reform if an auti-tuarry -u -g-iis-a-hatrv
were instituted. Now-a-dats people leap h
ntatric life circle with no more comidoratto
thev would partake of a dinner — little thnikti
when once in. they are there until their end
There is but liule, some rimes uo mutual ana
disposition, and comparison oi taste and at!
They s.-ern to fancy that it luete arc any dis
CIO the fatal Gordian knot, which ran be
cut, and never united, will harmonize all.
The numbers w ho have felt this truth— d
hers Mill feeling it to their heart’s core — are i
In life. They lectvgitfre it ;>> ti:<- great m-J
their lives. I'iie chain ts not to them a silk
but a cable of iron, that lightens wound the
aud mere, crudiuig out all hope and energy
j luting bate I'm fe-ve and eatirw. vhm with rust l
umc life el the soul.
It,-: .and girls now many to a greater ,,x "
I , ill K-lmc, 111 trad Cl wailing till they b««*
I ,;io,vn and nittivued wen and wwuv-u. l ue
| dandy, -i soon »> lie get out ol snout lack'
unds u liule furze gathering on bis uppet '*
the voaiig no ..... a . c'. »n a- die ctucigCs *t
nursery and abluevian-d n.s a - diusk they a
hied lo assume v - ■• - U ' solemn Ii-sponsibt.
Inc And so if " I’u” and ■ Ma " won’t <
they JH’St off to cmc GteUiu-liieeU, aud !:«
t-blic itioic tliat. ut n-.m-ty-uttitf case* out ol
died, they novel will ve.ee bitterly to vvpent
~r> ft*rr
n<l l* » ill** I^»rd «rthor If hf lifts*
, uei.umpliahfid uny good worlt by us, let him
bont-lit ut that. It In- htc- organized our
legtiluleil and given tom- anil vitality to oui
... and all oil) dillercnt en. ‘ -, by whieh We
id or shun evil, let him have ihu rrcditol that.
0 , „ I, el one the en-dit of tin- sense ■ of meing,
a, h.-cling, and handlin-; intellig'-iwJy and in-
,’j v t || we did not Ilium- our own faculties
thing nl uiifstilve it in him vve live, and
mid h i •- our luting, act that down to hi. credit
bfluucu tilled, l! wo pursue tin. subject iu
•ay, 1,-t li ■ tali, tlm eli inenb. W'lio«i- are
JJid we organize ihi-m' Did we Ulltniee
,, hurt tl,,-; are In.'Ulllfid 1 Tl.e ulmo-.pliefi- it
1, |,. I, I lii-ultli till. It I v doable item. Tim
,.. jl|, ill |l- productions, it' Iiuu i, vegetables,
., should all. til- put down in In' IttVol ,
i onliriUe ihc Itbji-i-l, ball v. ' not find illIU
id .o i.oinu;- from him The |'"T I ' t ’nmce
„| || I Mini, IU you and mil lilt i iriy, mated
out .-'.-vonaniut to au ts
.:r agr-.a-d N. ocher p
King of i’t asara yzopos
ring priranustnog. But
agree. Srcawe
ticuaw -o the ovuial h ,
The liv-piei to .sirntn
leers, is pie-otissdly ..-u
wax:? prvivin unc
tUM
I here la a wood- '
ituomtl is 1900 per y
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NVMBE.lt III
ST. LOUIS UMMRl- -SJTIIiDU, DUriSMIUSli !l. 1x54
k tVv uvo result ot U\i\e\ Tho lov the jmujkvso of vummi^ atul establishing the lute
| > i • • \ i * 1 1 riili i •
• ■Klbi’l 6tb,
hall -worn and the evening jvatly v.uvK develop tvul
cJiMiutev. Under the exhilarating mthienoe of ihe
el o . the , ' re of lights, and the merry quilt and
i,-hv, the disdlnte voting man may appear amiable,
un.i ihe slatternly >eoM lovable. Matehes made at
sneh places, ot under simtlai covuvnsinncvs, are not
of the class that originate in lieawn l'ltey more
gwievalix are oonoesved in the opposite place, and
bring forth only iniquity, 'he true way to learn
each other is to do it at home, in the parlor, in the
kitchen and on occasions that test the temper. \\ e see
tire resnh of these unions in tho almost daily dnorees
that are taking place — m the running' away of hus-
bands, leaving their wives anti children to starve ■
and in the elopenrenv of wives. Not only this, but
wo witness it in broken-spirited men. tirade old in
the prime of life, straggling on for more food and
clothing and shelter, turd in women, cross, dirty,
sluttish ami wrinkled.
U would be quite impossible for us to depict t'aith-
iidly tire multitude of physical and mom' evils that
result from those siutnl allianees, tor sindt! they a,*.'.
They rain tire body, corner ihe morals, a 1 stultify
the mind. And the result dees not stop with hus-
band ami wile. There are lire children. They
partake of the feebleness and vices ot tiro parents,
both phvsrcal and moral, and go out into the busy
world stunted and gnarled, God pity them {
We would not be understood as
MOHT) INDIAN MUHDrjrm
• »•<-. •». i* *•»
The Suit I it It • ■ mail, untlm ilmige ul iMii/. licll,
lltli. jllnt arrived, lirili|',in|' slid ii'UV I'll 'll*' I •Hu
nil , llu' mini mulr-i charge "I .lulili .limn' nil com*
ing to the , Staten, win attacked, it i • •uppom'il, by
|niiiii'.Mif Sinus Indian- ii'-iii Drip]' trading pom,
••i \ mill- • tin . iide nl Furl Laramie, mid all of tho
men killed, lo-wii .laiiienon, Juinei, Wheeler mid
Thcmuia Hue-licit. Charles A Kincaid, Irani Suit
I .like, n pussi'figei, win. ahot mid pierced with three
or linn urrinvs und loll fur dead. The mail hugs
were rilled ol llieir l uutenls, mid letieivmll torn open.
Kincaid rvn • robbed of ten lliouMind five hundred
doIluiM hi gold. Seven of ihe iriulen were driven all’,
and one killed on the spot. The mail party (, i No-
voiubi'f, outward hound, parsed by on the 17th, arul
found that some traders had taken rare ol the dead
bodies anil what was left. No escort e.ould bo granted
ai tho post, and the mail parties of November could
go no further ilmn Lurainie ; and that ol December
also returned to this point, with Mitchell's men, who
brine' ibis sad news to some families in this place.
FALL AM) WINTER DRY MK»f»
to in, .oi.n i or. • <n,
at very LOW PRICES/
it i n iHJliVM. cnirs n i (, o a t>
At No 142 Third 3 '.roe'
I'r, l»irul.,r-, to Cl n,(ne Mi; XI art.
vvholr«ln ira<lt‘» viUU.li l faai
W&*hln*Uii A' runv.
XiT Or**!' Uarptaiiuf ‘
Call aiul «*\juDUir' now.
against 1
the institution of marriage. It is holy, beautiful aud j
beneficent. But let every one take his #m is or none.
Let not ihe brave eagle pair with tlte stupid owl, nor
the gentle dove with the carrion crow. Like should
cave hke. It is a glorious sight to see two old peo-
ple . who have weathered the storms, and basked in
the satishine of life together, go hand in hand, lov-
ingly and truthfully, down the gentle declivity of
time with no angers, no jealousies, nor hatreds gar-
nered up against each other, and looking with hope
ana joy to the everlasting youth of heaven, where
they two shall be one forever. That is true mar-
riage — lor it is the marriage of spirit with spirit.
Their love is woven into a wool of gold, that neither
mne. nor death, nor eternity can sever. — [The Ec-
lectic.
ST. LOUIS TYPE FOUJYDPV
P A B E B W A B E H o 1
Established A D. 1 S 40
TUNNEL UNDER THE OHIO.
-• Tbe Louisville Journal has an article upon the
prospects and feasibility ot' the construction of a tuu-
nei under the Ohio river at Louisville, Ky., and at
Jeffersonville, Ed. A charter for the work was
granted by the Kentucky Legislature, March 6,
1S54: pH ihe right of way given by ihe city of
Louisville, and the work forever exempted from tax-
ation for city purposes, on the 27th of May 1S54.
The Fan Wayne and Southern Railroad Company
have accepted the ctiar.er and the release ot the right
of way; and propose making up the stock, and, if
possible, to put she work under comract this fall or
CALIFORNIA NEWS.
New Yoek, December 2, v. m.
The Star of tho West arrived at three aud a-ball
o’clock, bringing 200 passengers and *737,000 m
specie. Dates from California to November 9th
were brought down by the steamer Cortez. Among
her passengers are Senator Weller and Hon. J. A.
MeDougnli. The news is of very little importance.
Little or no change in eommereiu 1 matters. Galego
and Haxall flour closed at $12 50 to S12 75. Ad-
amantine candles 42 1-2 to 43. Clear bacon 16c ;
new hams 16 l-2c; ltud 17c. Clear pork 22c.
Mining news favorable. Steam frigate Susque-
-T w r in , r t.i.,.„.l"l" -Xl th October; hourly expected
at San Francisco, as was also' the Mississippi. H.
B. M. ship Amphitrite arrived at San Francisco on
the Sth. The British aud French squadron expected
to leave soon after the. arrival of the next mail.
Vacancy in Supreme Judgeship by the death of
Judge Wells not yet filled by Governor. Various
candidates spoken of. The most prominent is Judge
Vo. 1T1 V. E. Corner ui Mackel anl Tlh Scree
ST. LOOTS, StO-
■EFJ-S .■on.-.UBUr lor iale.lueii- '-T.rrerr: .
. dies, Cordial-, Ale. Porr-T. e- .. TcVdC" - '
or rdiiroad purposes, with a double track, adapted
n the use of all the roads ot the ditferent guages.
it will be 2S !eet wide in the clear, and 17 feet high,
.ssTjcndir-uaxh , tromtbe centre ot each track. The
iiching will be oixty feet less than two miles in
ienrth. The descending grades into the tunnel, at
ehher end. will be. only eighty feet per mile on a
sanigbi line. From the head of Uie grade on one
side to she head of the grade on the opposite side of
the river will be bat two miles and a-hxdt. The tun-
nel will bt- consiraaed in the river by excavating a
channel or ph in ihe rock and arching over with the
material excavated — limestone rock of the best quai-
agatnst Indians; urged an increased pav io anny ui-
fleers ; four new regiments, two new inlantry, tvvc
mounted men and reform organization army. Reti-
red list ; promotion in
ority. Apprentice system tor navy reel
Additional legislation
NEW ADVER TISEMENTS
PROSPECTUS.
part by merit instead of seni-
totnmended
THE MORMON
■ Iiainc of a weekly journal which will bo published
city of New York, by John Tatloh, one of tbe
e Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
inti, formerly editor of the •- Times and Seasons”
e Nauvoo Neighbor," in the city of Nauvoo ; sub-
tly of the " Etoile du Deseret,” in the city of Paris,
and « Zion’s Panier," in the city of Hamburg,
nv.
2 MORMON will be devoted to tho cause and mte-
Uic Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
11 be tho advocate of its claims— social, moral, po-
aml religious ; and will also treat upon alt subjects
tho Editor may deem interesting, instructive, or ed-
to his readers '; among which will be science, lite-
and the general news of the dav. Further than
., has no pretensions, nor docs lie purposo to bo
also increase- of naval force,
to promote security of passengers at sea, urged.
Expenditure of Post Office over receipts of last
; year, SI .753,000. Renews views of last year on
the subject of grants ol land for railroad purposes,
but rather discourages all such projects, \ iews on
river and harbor; veto promised in another message;
some judicinl reference urged. Invocation ol Divine
blessing, aud closes.
Boston, December Sth.
The ship Arcadian, of Warren, Mass., from Ant-
werp io New York, was wrecked on Sable Island,
November 26th . The vessel was totally lost. Crew
and Dasseneers saved.
Sonora, from Panama, arrived. Up to the 1st,
official returns of the recent election show combined
Democratic majority of Congressional vote 12,345.
Col. Woodruff killed in a duel by Achillis Kern.
Mormons are ordered to leave San Francisco by the
1st of May. Another insurrection bad occurred
among die Slate prison convicts; nineteen attempted
to escape, but were overpowered by their keepers.
One of the three was shot dead. Wm. Sherman
elected Comptroller of San Francisco. The Alta
California urges the establishment ol a State mail
route across the plains. Admiral Despontes, ot
Obligardo, had left Guyamaa and
e object of prosecuting the enquiry
rath of Count BouLbon. Citizens of
rging un annexation to that place,
•r Adams' Exnress to Si. Louis by
Music — “HAKS
Tti« H,U was on his hex..
rhv’ passIes CTY-tcn 1 . iCCoirvO :
JL whlAperiag laaiicn -
See how *lwi uialS Atltrfl
YPoat la fcf« vrainu
llOW Ciaiihlft--- ^’>7 CTA v *t»
AdJ ihta how much be? >>ra-
With xhal rcypicuviar.'- Hat '
ne \\arwvl hhn ftvai the thi-ccy
As he left gorhiihUa Hal, ;
But e»3 he rnovta
On him all r*H.
Oricvj cat — ’‘No: heavrarx cjc.vr
TYlih ci attn 1 ra-lUac« se:.
ArpeATt' more fair io view
Than youttcr hiatrocs jci l '
jy f,\nic by ,v\l was rA<xvl ;
Ui» bon'd fiwtrlU " uh rp.le :
While they Actmirni© sartNl.
He rjdsvxl hi? vc lec Ajuf CGV'lr
.. Brifijit*, vvuIJ yen havo ai>' *■
Aud vcm an eviiul {.v-scs
Your HA'-* cn Br-'AtrNVix buy :
Thcbi'i a tew suoru icii—uw ;
The following items of Congressional news we
glean from the daily papers of this city up to this ■
date. ,
WASUiM-.TOSt.Dec. 4.— Mr. Atchison s letter read
in die Senate, resigning his post as President ot the
Senate. Present 37 Senators. Mr. Cass in the
chair as President pro tern, lor the day.
House called to order at 12 o’clock. Roll called.
| One hundred and ninety-seven answered to their
names. „
Chas. S. Lewis, of Va.; Teller and Goodwin, ol
N. Y.; and Bristow, of Ky., were s-.vom in as new
members. . , , , ,,
The President’s message received und read. Re-
ferred to the Committee of the. whole on the State ol
the Union. Twenty thousand extra copies ordered
to be printed. Adjourned.
The Secretary of the Treasury reports receipts tor
the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1854, Horn all
sour-*-. *73,6-1'. '.705. which, with balance, in fn-aa-
! ur> . |, i July, 1853, $21,942,812, gives total lor scr-
’ vi,.,. y ea r, *95, 492,697 ; expenditures of tlm year,
*76.354,690, Leaving balance in tlu- Treasury 1st
ju(y -.00,137,967. Receipts quurter, ending Sept,
30'.h. 1861, r * l ,52 1,- 1 . 02 ; uHtimtiie!, for remaining
three quarters fiscal year, 842,500 ,000.
The amount of public debt outstanding liist July.
LWi l wm, 817 , 1 80,606. Tim S.-crcmry iinlu ipnted
a felling ofl' '<1 '-uisr-im-f, owing tv, the Reciprocity
treaty und short crops.
The mrmnge of the United Suites exhibits an m-
, reuse for the year ol 396892 wm-. lm|s.ri:. lor tha
yimr, 21L321 ,317 in exees- of exports.
ibitteri.ig stale of »"• , ' , ' VL "‘ Ut ' X " :i: '
H— yugsmm
{h :
From ills City Press.
SYNOPSIS or PRESIDENT S MESSAGE
Louisville, December 5.
The President commences by iwticmg the present
ia.r as on* marked by unusual severity of disease —
isuirities unpataUeied, and one entire crop being
k ofl' — still we ar e peaceful and prosperous. Not- I
our avoiding vatangiit-g alliances, and
ui remoteness from Europe, an increasing disposi*
ton i-. manifested by some of its governments to su-
nerviBe, and in some reiqreet a direct our foreign j»oli-
-y hy taking .us tu die account adjusting t-alsnce
rower. Leaving tnuifc-atlanue nations to adjust
.hen own political system, we assert our right to be
exempt from their annoying mterlerence. Our re-
fuasi vo l>e subje*;ted to their peculiar system has
otven ' lea oc] ieelnut disvratit of our conduct, which
c- n 1 /. warranvtftl by ouj jolicy. The conduct of n»wy
slid arrnv and our terrhorad i xpausion losing arnica'
Ide end tu.--'.- Long expe/rivnee has shown <iu>
w'hen priU'.'tfx. > poweris ol Europe at war. liar rignis
of neutral naiioev have been endangered. Our
g*.<vi'mmen‘. maintain- doctrine that free ships make
free eoudt. Liforu itave lajen made to establislt
tbu principle a.c .'nternavionaJ law, by an app 4 ^! »f
oar Rovermnent to all the nations ol Europe. Rm,-
sia ugre*a(L No.yther yet finally tiffed, Liie
Kang o! Froasiii jaoposers tsdditioRat arli'-le rennun-
chag privateeik^r Rut, bowevi-r, w this we cannot
*-»aj r Htfv'y t.*> ux>
tit mate to the extent os ■«, cotmnen^t tolje proujcteu-
The piupowil to eurrendei u^. nghim employ priva-
t kkv , fi. pjolct;-j.djy found eo -itoo fie. prmcipk- tliat
prjvuve property i* -JCvifeivJ mg- .'s - h,-, uiiiIa'j ut.U ,
though erxemte'.. sLrjid he e/.empt Ilea,, , a cage. ft, tJ f
GREAT NATIONAL HAT STORE.
TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION.
The whole Row of New Stores upon the District,
burnt over, a year and eleven days ago, is now in
mouldering ruins.
November 22, 5 o'clock, a- >t-
Two hours ago the alarm of fire was given ; we
hastened to the spot, and found the fire last progres-
sing, and too far to be distinguished, which origina-
ted, as near as cuuld be ascertained, over Marlin s
Saloon. Near a thousand men were soon on the
ground, and very many labored with praise-worthy
exertion t'* save the mevhudise. The. store ot t te
Messrs. Stutsman & Co. was no far enveloped in
flames, that but a small portion of its contents wore
saved, except the goods, money, and valuable papers.
Messrs. Tootle & Jackson, and Peg mm & Co.worc
more fortunate, and saved the greatest portion ol their
the
INdTOF CORLMHUA HALL, -
cor ime.unvAY.
ESTABLISHED tVl'H MARCH. tW3.
roa -rH£ SALE or
FINE 5T. LOUIS MADE PEES? HATS-
FOB $4 RICH!
i\Mt A
Ll'STROFS, STYLISH., AND DURABLE St
DRESS HAL
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL’
>Vll .V
Et lt, FLUSH, OR COTTON t .VV.
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL
treat x
FUR OR WOOL SOFT Ft Li HAT.
GO TO C 0 R INTI A N HALL
vor .or
I \F VNT'S V VSUJON ABLE t VNC \ HA t
GO TO CORAN THl-VN HALL '
29? Broadway •
BIO Id. it vjS*i
Witt coax', in future, by t-Uo way uic
noutli, aud us the MORMON will be exn
tint iimouir the emigrating S.iintn in Lure
i 0n # of Utah Territory, it will he un e.\e<
odvortteing for Merchants, storekeeper,,,
Horse and Cattle Dealers, and Camera i
on tho route, as welt u» the Wholesale a
Merchant* In the
A Hat of the prtoCM u\f staple urttcU'S ol
eiujtorn anti wentoru cttieu will ho lnwerto
prlreH current of L'lah iuul i oUloruU ■
Teri«« of SnhscripUon-— $2 in fttlvunce.
JOHN TAYHGlv
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NT. LOUIS LlUIINAIvV— SATUKI) W, l)l<;( IOiM 1**101
M-.irriiujo ' houlti never In* the result ol l'i\nr\ I'ii*'
halNwnn anil the weiring party rarely develop real
chawirtev. I ndet the exhilarating itriloenee ol the
dance, the glare ol lights. and the men\ ijtul' and
joke, the disolnie young man way appear amiable,
■n.l Jiif slatternly void lovable Malellex made at
Mich places, or under similar circamMancos, are not
ot the class that originate in heaven. They mere
generally are conceived in the opposite place, and
hnng forth only output J The true nay to learn
each other is to do it at home, in the parlor, in the
kitchen and on occasions that tesi the temper. \\ e see
the resell of these unions in the almost daily divorces
that are taking place — in the running away of hus-
bands, leaving their wives and children to starve
and m tin elopement of wives Not only this, hut
we w itness it in broken-spirited men, made old in
the prune of life , struggling on lor more food and
clothing and shelter, and in women, cross, dirty,
sluttish and wrinkled.
It would lie quite impossible for os to depict faith-
fully the multitude of physical and tuoial evils that
result from these sinful alliances, lor sinful they :t>e.
They ruin the body, corrupt the morals, ,> stultify
the mind. And the result dors not stop with hus-
band and wife There are the children. They
jiartake of the teebleness and vices of die parents,
both physical and moral, and go out into tin- busy
world stunted and gnarled. Clod pity them ?
\V< would not be understood as speaking against
the institution of marriage. It is holy, beautiful and
beneficent. But let every one take hismufe or none.
Let not the brave eagle pair with the stupid owl, nor
the gentle dove with the carrion crow. Like should
have like. It is a glorious sight to see two old peo-
ple, who have weathered the storms, and basked in
the sunshine of life together, go hand in hand , lov-
ingly and truthfully, down the gentle declivity of
time with no angers, no jealousies, nor hatreds gar-
nered up against each oilier, and looking with hope
and joy to the everlasting youth of heaven, where
they rw’o shall be one forever. That is true mar-
riage — for it is the marriage of spirit with spirit.
Their love is woven into a wool of gold, that neither
lime, nor death, nor eternity can sever. — [The Ec-
lectic.
MOIMI INDIAN MURDBHfS
• ill , I In * inn iH nil* 1 1 * j rlmr^i! ol John .Jnn/C'o oil,
mg iii tig] Ninlc><i tvuii mtui:l(i'i|, i( i i luipponcd , by
puriii-it i, I Sioux Inditmii ricnr Diipjf trutl log pout,
'iv mill - 1 lln . ■•kIii o| l-'ort Laramie, and nil of (he
men hilled, lo-wit .linnet, nn, Jiiinei, Wheeler and
riioimi!. flaelii.'ii. i 'hurlea A Kincaid, Irorn Salt
Lake, a pus etigei , win. altol mid pierced with three
nr I'uur arrows mid left Ihr dead. TJie mail huge
were rilled ol (heireouleiitu, and leHoraall lorn open.
Kincaid iva robbed nf ten tliouaand five iiundred
dollni'ii in gold. Seven ol llie inlile '. were driven off,
mid one killed mi the upni. The mail jmrty of No-
vember, outward bound, paused by on the 17th, and
found ilmi home tradun. had taken care id tile dead
bodies and wlmt waaiuft. No escort could be grunted
m the post, and the mail purlieu ol November could
go no further that! Laramie; and that of December
also returned to this point, with Mitchell’n men, who
bring thin aud news to some families in this place.
brnlAr-t, i >i1 t//i> f t vrtMii
\'/r n*y t lUbii, t/» i<U v, i, , fn-i
al M/tvt a/j/1 y,el u Mij/pr, . Th>>
oij'l v/*- I ,• t t ' I • .(
win u |/f'/jx*rly niipUr/J.
'jrfr'V'-t "»l« by I. II. MOl.b
.ir* otAf fo, nri4 by all t > ,
One.
PALI, MD H IM LK UK V MMIDfy
• o in. /)U> ron cam,
A T V B UY b O V/ P R f c £ }j
•» *• h i >j yt i.; «. . i. i ot v. ip c (, o r> i)
At ITo. 142 Third Street
f'r r pTir ntr.ty » 0 /iff iht Store.
„ wntivr * chj i
I WILL t>-ll *t|l tny
out Ihr*
wliol^airt u*'i <?, v7i*!cl,
Waublliy.l/rii A venue,
X^jT at lijrp,* in.
Call nc4 MLamliio fn/>> ,
MARKET
KEMP — No iialc report .id.
TOBACCO — At tbc State Warakoune, 2 hhdn luga of-
fered nml rejected ; Sqpgequcntly sold nt $ I 3fi eaeb.
LEAD — No nale.
FLO CUt — Sale of dOO bbln city nnperfrne, private: 5-1,
00, and 00 do country mjperlinu, at $7 25; 50 do at $7 20;
75 do fine and scratched, at $0 50 and SO 75; 1(7 do fan-
cy and extra, from store, at $7 25; 100 do scratched and
superfine (Onivego mills) at $7.
WHEAT — Buyers require time Sales as follows:
1,073 ulcs fair to good red, at I3Gc all round ; 78 do spring
at 125c, and 625 do spring and fall at 122 and 140c; 183 do
spring and prime fall red at 120 and 140c: 95 and 195 do
red at 145c, and 99 do white at same ; 520 do rpd ot 143c ;
560 do red and white, private.
CORN — Sale of 308 sacks white and SO do yellow at
65e, ndcond-hand gunnies; 100 do yellow at same ; 558 do
private.
OATS — Brices improved— sales as follows : 177 and 56
ska at 43c, ska returned: 120 do, second-hand gunnies at
44c; 1,400 do, from store, private: 180, 62, 60, 125 and
452 do at 45c, second-hand gunnies, and 209 and 210 ditto,
new gunnies, at same.
BARI.F.Y — 02 sks :d 81 30, exclusive of sks.
RYE — Small lot at 80c, ska Included.
WHISKY— 30 and 107 bids at 30.', c ; 100-do at 37c.
PROVISIONS AND LARD — Sale of 50 bblsmess pork
nl S12; 7 casks clear olden at 7[c; 19 tea choice country
lard at 8J-, 31 bids ol 8',, and 170 kegu do at 10c.
GROCERIES — 20 hhdH sugar at 41. Sale of 500 sacks
ST. LOUIS TYPE FOUADR1
FAHEl: W AKEJIOI
Established A. D. 1340.
PAPER.
A. I*. L. U. Co., b&.r lately i :.s‘h -J.- 1 . 1 . ,L • l -,\u' .. ( rZi-.T 0 .‘; •;.y f
[ ot BOOK and JCEtTJJPAPBil 7i ?I
I and liave now a complete oerUnu a u/- -•••• inn.'.- ■ . ''.i.-ljs :iu
Tho y arc also i/ic autbotlxcd agents ot t;*** prit.: . •. 7/t-c f '■ -vl : v .
tbc United Utatc*', and arc prcpaT*~I to Gllorien : : r-:z. any
men, at Ea^tcnt prices.
They ke-p alivayj on band a iJiry -.cppJy el NXV. ; iiOOZ PRII 'Z •
ISO PAPiin; iS'Xi* CAP, J.ETTEBED, COLOhUt, v. HtX-lLLA
P.VPER3, CAHDS ned CARD BOARD*, alt .t ... t. • . , .
inc-.t rcafionabio term..
Order* lor -S TK 1 IF. OTTP1 S G .UST> EXOKA i .'O v- .U L ‘
tocecnted.
Editor* or Prints i t4juii«t to e.ubiLii, a n- • r j j,
O/iltc, will furnlfihtrd vrltn an ^tunaoi !n :• .* • . l- . 7 r*.t'.
log tbo *toc ot (be paper* or tbc particular : :. ii£uar.'l'7vi ~ .Ct. &:•
executcJ.
W'OODTrPE — a lar^e a wrU&cnt alv . - a uaad.
'’SXjTgIA Type token In cxrJiangc for nt .r ai nlnr ooata per
S. B. Sort* roppltat to all foni i • .. :b • -lAbUeiznai a; spti
mm prlct.-?.
Sov. 22, »fi4. H H.
TUNNED UNDER THE OHIO.
•• The Louiscille Journal has an article upon the
ptaspects .and legibility of the construction of a tun-
nel under the Ohio river at Louisville, Ky., and at
Jeffersonville. Ind. A charter for the work was
granted by the Kentucky Legislature, March 6,
1S-54 ; and the right of way given by the city of
Louisville, and the work forever exempted from tax-
ation for city purposes, on the 27th of May 1S5-J.
The Fori \\ ayae and Southern Railroad Company
have accepted the charter and the release of the right
of way; and propose making up the stock, and, if
possible, to put the work under contract this fall or
early in the spring - 'T-tir.--,...,. i ,n v rin-p,- •
for railroad purposes, with a double track, adapted
to the use of all the roads of the different guages.
It will be 2S lew wide in the clear, and 17 feel high,
perpendicularly, from the centre of each track. The
urening will be sixty feet less than two miles in
length. The descending grades into the tunnel, at
either end, will be only eighty feel per mile on a
--Haight line. From the head of the. grade on one
ride io the head of tbe grade on die opposite side of
die river will lx- bunwo miles and a-half. The tun-
nel will be constructed in the river by excavating a
channel or pit in the rock and arching over with the
material excavated — limestone rock of tin- best qual-
ity. The work Iu»i been surveyed and the cost esti-
mated at S 100,000 . it is proposed to raise this sum
by a cash subscription, no part ol which is made pay-
able until the whole sum is subscribed- Whenever
all the stock is taken then it becomes payable in
equal semi-annual instalments.”
CALIFORNIA NEWS.
New Yobk, December 2, r. m.
The Star of tho West arrived at three uuda-lialf
o’clock, bringing 200 passengers and Ife737,000 in
specie. Dates from California to November 9th
were brought down by the summer Cortez. Among
her passengers are Senator Weller and Hon. J. A.
MeDougall. The news is of very little importance.
Little or no change in commercial matters. Galego
and I-Iuxall flour closed at $12 50 to $12 75. Ad-
amantine candles 42 1-2 to 43. Clear bacon 16c;
now hams 16 l-2c; lard 17c. Clear pork 22c,
Mining news favorable. Steam frigate Susque-
•rtiiiinn 7 -MA-j.r.,..^i 11 | l ] i oriii) October ; hourly expected
at San Francisco, an was also ibe ffitissiasippi, II.
B. M. ship Ampliitrite arrived at San Francisco on
the 8th. The British and French squadron expected
to leave soon after the arrival of the next mail.
Vacancy in Supreme Judgeship by the ileatb of
Judge Wells net /ot filled by Governor. Various
candidates spoken of. The most prominent is J udge
Fields, of Marysville.
Sonora, from Panama, arrived. Up to tho 1st,
official returns of the recent election show combined
Democratic majority of Congressional vote 12,345.
Col. Woodruff killed in a duel by Achillis Kern.
Mormons are ordered to leave San Francisco by the
1st of May. Another insurrection bad occurred
among the Stute prison convicts ; nineteen attempted
to escape, but were overpowered by their keepers.
One of the three was shot dead. Win. Sherman
elected Comptroller of San Francisco. The Alta
California urges the establishment of u State mail
route ucros3 the plains. Admiral Dcspontes, of
Fiench brig war Obligardo, had left Guyarnas and
Acapulco, with the object of prosecuting the enquiry
concerning the death of Count Boulbon. Citizens of
Carson Valley urging un annexation to that place.
California Pioneer Adums' Express to Si. Louis by
way of Salt Lake, started for Los Angelos.
BAKER ANJD CONFECTIONER
So. 171 N. JE. Corner ui 7«lacBr.\ and 7tfc Street.
ST. LOUIS, ilO.
JAMES TCBXER
K LLP7> coruuuUy for aale* Dread, Cracker! of all Slci*, o..-., Cia
dltM, Cordials Ale, Pc-n* r, s Tctiacr.:. Cigar*
Nov. 22. fl jc*
I May l»r Consulted doUy at kls Ootiice. .\o, 121 VISE S*
between itli A: «5tb. from 2 to • P. M-
[ AccoriUnc lo well autbcuticaled uUUfaUcaJ r»- pern, one goi -
•tlx of all th** deatln that oeenr In Korope or .LRig-rlca, arc frrua
oi ttii \unsa slone,
JudKioi; from th. aWvo tlaDt, u. . .
city ot 3t. LouH, at least.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND
Individual-*- wbo bav.- dl-ex-:c seated upon tb*d: Iul.; . l L • qcaD*-' :r».
tbai the Mixllcal Pr.dct.-ion, vriibom exception, are t^aLlo*. • OKcct a*li.
cast; up*in tboao cn ^Atk, In •eason t»> <' «v-ct a ridlol c. . • : .ii. i - k» ti
rca-ion why that cIolms ol d^wr. bare proved *ounKcr:aIir Ax
bcnco ihli new tliccnvory oflen: th? only rn.ean.-t extant le,- uot.-OJc; pt il
uiohad disease- in iht-lr incipient atafrer, or io time *.ocJfecl a •■vr .' 53» *t
eryca/c- In all probability, 1 1,000 out oi the c n;:a vr uixy
prematun* Rrave, by at ouce aval lint* : ;h- U;; •-.*>(.• ’■ *•’.
Important discovery.
Parents and Guardiami should submit cvi - iuecu* >:r '.'X a. l; Ixao
to un lmmcllate evatal nation by this .Vu.- i--*wn 1 1 they ttuvM u-:.
a rtnjvax-.lbLlliy iloalr.tble to none but lund.-A. Thtjr shc-aW a~i imf.'.-an
pecuniary cotEldcntii -i - - Utii-r dv:-m tr.uf rcajsns irj bcoeoo if -jw
would protect those ccuimsuc-l to then* charge rrctn one c-f *.L' m:-: fa-
tal dlMaii'v.that cxlau u;-.-u thla continent. It they r-i:-'up>:u *5ir.-
Ily pliviician lo apprise meni or tUa existence c: thli dreadni uiseax-'
dciTcnd np-m It, not on«i ewe out of a handled will ever recover. n<* >
of famllhc*, are yon prcp.tr ed to offer those cciciuitfed to yocr n pjxu'A .
charge a iwcritlco to prrjudlev, when these mcoutrovrrtab.’-. ,u -.* ■
fore vouV It !>o, Uio respoiiMbUUv rc-.-tj cnUreJy* with ycu
Nov. 16, >M. [Uf-
d.'ty SainUj, formerly, editor ol’ the %i Times and Seasons
and the ?* Nauvoo Neighbor,” in the city of Nimvoo ; sub
ecquontly of the “ Etoile dti Deseret,” in the city of Paris
France, and ‘^Zion’s Punier,” in the city of Hamburg
Germany.
THE MORMON will be devoted to tho cati9u and inte
rcsL of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
oud will be the advocate of its claims — social, moral, po
liticiil und roligioiifi; ami will also treat upon all subject
which tho Editor may deem interesting-, instructive, or cd
ifying to his readers ; among which will bo science, lito
rnture, and the general news of the day. Further than
this, he has no prelenoion9, nor does ho purposo to bo
bound to any particular party or interest.
To the Latter-day Saints ho would Bay, as hu is known
to thQjn> and deputed by the Presidency, tho abovo will be
Hti/liclont. To others : that while he esteorus all honora-
ble men, and would, by all proper moans, court their re-
spoct und patronage, he has no promises to make; but
leaveu himself at liberty to examine any principle, and pur-
sue ouch a course no to him may seem best, whothor mor-
al, Hocinl, ucioutilUe, political, rollgioua, spiritual, tem-
poral, pant, present, or to come.
The Editor would slate that from his numerous corres-
pondence In Europe, East Indies, Australia, Pacific Ta-
lantlii, Cnllforiilu, Utuh, ami other parts of tho world, ho
hopes to make the MORMON interesting ua a newspaper,
not only to the Sulnls, but also to his putrona in the Uni- :
ted Staton, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, tho Isles of
Mun ami Jersey) as well us in Frauce and Germany.
Thu Editor would further olato, that nn our emigration
will come, In future, by the way of the east Instead of tbc
south, and nu tho MORMON will be extensively clreula- (
ted among tho emigrating Saints in Europe and tho citi- j
zoiim of Utah Territory, it will be un excellent medium of
advertising for Merchants, .Storekeepers, \Vagon-mokors,
Horse and Cattle Dealers, and Cftfrlcro in the West und
on tho route, as well un tho Wholesale and Commlosion
Music— •• HARK ! ’
Tho Hat was on hU Lva—
Tho pat.-iuk crowd 2 *imlrvJ :
A whbperiDK mal'Jcn ^aM —
See how that uiaa-a attirvJ •
What bcaui.v Jb 1)5* waist.
How malchl«-3 his crav*t,
AdU tlrcn Uow tauclr bt’i graced
With that rvapieuiUot ILvi !
He turnoi him frera the thruo^.
Aa bo led Cortnthlau llaii;
But ns bo moves aJcap,
On turn alt glace** i»li.
Cric't esc — "Not bcawn ! f clear l l lw.
\NTtb itaro* ra<Uancc tft,
Appcar.v moru lair :o vj«j-. .
Thau yonder lustrous Jet !
Ita taoie by al! waa raioed ;
Ul.-» isMcm kweiln with rrkk- .
Wbtlo they Adnilrlug itascnJ,
Uc raised b!a voice .aid cxie^i—
•‘Friends, would you have cvy K-.v,
And wiu an c.|tul (awe,
Your n.vta on Broad buy ;
Tbero’a a (ew uiaco IcXi— tho •acic.
November 26lh. The
und passengers saved.
CONGRESSIONAL.
The following items of Congressional news we
glean from the daily papers of this city up to this
dale.
Wasiiim.ton, Dec. 4. — Mr. Atchison’s letter read
in the Senate, resigning his post as President of the
Senate. Present 37 Senators. Mr. C-aas in the
chair as President pro tern, for the day.
House called to order at. 12 o’clock. Roll called.
One hundred and ninety-seven answered to their
names.
Chas. S. Lewis, of Vo.; Teller and Goodwin, of
N. Y.; and Bristow, of Ky., were sworn in as new
members.
The President’ll message received arid read, Re-
ferred to the Committee of the whole ori the State of
the Union. Twenty thousand extra copies ordered
to be printed. Adjourned.
The Secretary of the Treasury reports receipts for
the fkeul year ending 30tb June, 1854, from all
sources, 873,549,705, which, with balance in Treas-
ury 1st July, 1853, 821 ,912,842, gives total for ser-
vice year, 895, 492,597 ; expenditures of the year,
'575,351,690, leiiving balance in the Treasury 1st
July, 820,137,907. Receipts quarter, ending Kepi,
30th. 1851, 52 1 ,521 ,302 ; eiilimuleti lor remaining
From tbc City Press.
SYNOPSIS OF PRESIDENT S MESSAGE.
Loc icvu.!.i:, December 0.
'I ht President commences by noticing the present
year aa one marked by unusual severity of disease —
casualties onparslleleff, arid one entire crop being
cut off — still we are peaceful and prosperous. Not-
withstanding our avoiding eutanglir.g alliances, and
our remotenc c: from Europe, an increasing disposi-
tion is maoil eUed by some of its governments to su-
pervise, and ui some respects direct our foreign (*oli-
cy. by taking Us in the account adjusting balance
power. Leaving tnruu-ailantic nations to a/Jjubt
their own potiueal system, we assert our right to be
exempt Irom ti.eir annoying interference. Our re-
fwsal to lie etibjeeled to their p<>culiar system has
often created jealoua distrust of our conduct, which
v- not V.arranleil by our policy. '1 he c.yndwit of navy
Oiid army and our territoiial expumuon le-irig amica-
ble and jum. Lffijr ert.erien>:e bun shown 'bat
TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION.
The whole How <j j\"uw Stores upon the District,
burnt over, a year and eleven days ago, is now in
mouldering ruins.
Novcmbev 22, 5 o’clock, ,v. m.
Two hours ugo the alarm of lire Wus given ; we
liustened to the bpot, and found the fire Inst progres-
sing, mid too far lo be distinguished, which origina-
ted, us near as could be ascertained, over Martin’s
Saloon. Near a ihoiuinnd men were soon on tho
ground, und very many labored with prince-worthy
exertion to save the merclmdise. The, store ol the
Meswc. Stutsman & Go. win: no far enveloped in
llunict,, i hat but it small portion uf ilu content wore
saved, uxeept the goods, money, and valuable papers.
Messrs. Tootle 8c Jackson, and Pugram 8c Go. were
more fuittmale, and saved tile grimiest portion ol their
goods. Five new hiutmess lioksca were destroyed.
Upon a Imsly calenlnlitin v c should judge the loss
would he in tlie region ol #611, 1)00, Stutsman was
the triust imloiltnmlc, l.oi lakes it lilt,, u philosipher.
'Die whole spot is Midi in a hlu/e, and goods and
valuables are promiscuously cllOWcd over ill" Mt‘80lll,
alleys, and vacant pieces, and arc even pilot! in the
creek, | Council lllltlls Bugle,
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ESTABLISHED tiTIl MARCH, 1M
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FOR A
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GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL ’
FOR .v
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FOR A
FUR OR WOOL SOFT FELT HAP.
GO TO CORINTLAN HALL'
FOR AX
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iiiio, to tlm vn niUo. fonucilv .a. it|iH by biin, corttcr oi
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ST. LOUIS LUMiiNAKY — SATURDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1854.,
" ' abifey,tuitl wkhholdeih his liaiul. lie is uiuKr con- kind of person with whom he has been brought up:
WnrtifHl it OlStt Till till. • demualiou. . >v« see the early spring of a civilimi eduction, *w
T T Does he long for the facilities of the merchant, that, the first wild shoots of rusticity; r
GOD IN NATURE
t two 11 H tvo*t wh.r’eor I look
On natvir*’* pure amt »>n>l ,le book ;
No dogma" Uor* oondDrtmg jar.
So creels to *•» the world at war.
Nor snprnttttlon draw* from then*.
A faith that mocks our common sens* ;
But harmoniiiug, here wo find
That faith with reason is Combin'd.
Ton thousand worlds through bound!*-*" spa-'*,
Proclaim His wisdom, power and grace ;
And nature's laws prove everywhere
A watchful parent's tender rare.
No vengeful fury marks His path,
No traces of eternal wrath,
But a'H is harmony and love.
On earth below rfnd heaven above.
Throughout th<- whole stupendous plan
Man finds no enemy but man ;
Benevolence shows everywhere
A God to love and none to fear.
Then heaven’s example Still in view,
Let man to man be kind and Irue,
And all degrading fears discard,
Kor virtue is Us own reward.
Does lie long for the facilities of the merchant, that, the first wild shoots of rusticity;
he might also become a dealer in the produce of the As lie enters latthcr into tile, his behavior, man-
world ? Most certainly ; for he is desirous to gather tiers, an conversation all take their cast from the
A GOOD HIT.
The very ludicrous manner ih Which many Eng-
lishmen transpose the letter A, is well hit oil in the
following poetical efluaion. Neither is this vulgar-
ism confined to Cockney shire alone, as /some people
world? Most certainly, lor he m desirous to gather iters, on conversation all take Uieir cast Horn the ism confined to Cockney shire alone, us some people
from the wealth of die nations to enrich the Zion of company lie keeps. Observe the peasant, aud tbe imagine, for other parts of .England are infected with
(iod. mid to hruig the treasure of the earth for the man ot education. fite difference is striking. And d ie [ike crudity— even men of intelligence are in-
inkubitants thereof. yet God hath bestowed equal talents on each. The f ec ted. Such is the force of babit :
Would he emulate the princely manufacturer in only difference i ts, they have been thrown into differ- petition of the Letter « » ” to the Inhabitant* of Kidder-
the production of his various articles for trade I Vn- ent scenes of lift- ; and have Imd commerce with miniater— Profreffug : »
questionably. He is desirous to behold the Saintt persons of different stations. Whereas by you 1 have been driven
of God independent ol a wicked world that is aux- Nor art- manners and behavior more easily caught, - ouw> £ om - outr> ‘“P** **■>“
ious only to betray and to destroy. He would de- than opinions and principles. In childhood and Amt placed by your moat learned socielt,
sire to s$e die genius, the talent, and the industry of youth, we naturally adopt the sentiments' of those In Jiexile, Aanguiah.amUsnxh-ty ;
the servants and the handmaidens of the Lord about us. Nav, charged without one iust pretence, /
brought forth in the production of things necessary And as we advance in life, how few of us think With allt ) a impudence—
for the comfort aud well-being of The people of God ; fpr ourselves ; How many of us are satisfied with j here lk . man(t full r^ntution,
and he anticipates u day when, under the blessings taking our opinions at second hand. Aod w yotl ^\ m ,.„d your *el-o-cuiion.
of the Most High, they shall stand unrivalled in all ■ The great power and force o! custom forms anoth- '
things Winch they snail pui forth their hands to do. er argument against keeping bud company. How- Answer of' the Inhabitants of Kiddertutoliiter to fh* Letter
Is he tm uninterested party in regard to those ap- ever seriously disposed we may be ; aud however .. , »— Grcrfiitg .•
pointed to administer the laws ol' a community 1 By shocked at the first approach to vice ; this shocking Whereas we've rescued you— ingrate <
no means. He knoweth that when die wicked rule appearance goes off upon an intimacy with it. Cus- Fron , -, D(fer , - ftV0fl) ,„,i from ’ate.
the peojile mourn ; and he is desirous that the best tom will soon render the most disgustful thing lannl- p r0lu > or#a p onJ) anf-ing, and from ’aliai,
and the wisest of the land should administer the laws iar. And this is indeed a kind provision of nultire, Aud coll!M , cra t ei | vou i„ baiter,
thereof- to render labor, and toil, and danger, which are the And plac'd yon where you’d never be,
Is he also desirous of a voice in the councils of the lot of mau, more easy to him. I n A onor and in Honesty,
nations ? It is with a wish to he instrumental in the The raw soldier who trembles at the first eneoun- Wo think yon talking an intrusion,
enactment of laws in accordance with the will of ter, becomes a hardy veteran iu a few campaigns. Ami shall not mend our elocution.
9PBAK NO ILL
Uh apeak no ill ! A kindly word
Can never leave a sting behind,
And O. to breathe each tale we’ve heard
la far beneath a noble mind.
Full oft a better seed is sown
By choosing thin, the better plan,
For if biA little good be known.
Let's apeak of all the best we can.
Give me the heart thnt fain would hide —
Would fain another's faults efface ;
How can it pleasure human pride
To prove humanity but base ?
Nay, let us rcanMt higher mood,
A nobler estimate of man. —
Be earnest iu the search for good,
And speak of all tjie best- we ran.
Nay, spr.ik no ill, but lenient be
To other’s failing" as your own ;
If you're tile first a fault to see.
It.- not the first to make it known;
For life is but a passing day,
\r. lip may tell how brief us spoil—
Then, O, the little time we stay
Let’* speak of all tin.- best we can I
- THE SAINT.
When we look abroad upon mankind, we behold
a great variety of characters pursuing various pro-
fessions or employments, either with an assiduity of
application characteristic of the present age, or with
a listlessness illustrative alone ot the individual’s re-
spective temperament. Hut, with very few excep-
tions, such is the keenness ol appetite in the human
family to get gain, and consequent command of su-
)ierioriiy in the scale of mankind, and an assurance
of die good things of Lie, tltut, very rarely do we
find individuals so ciicmnstuuced otherwise than so
acting.
We behold the m'erchanl freighting his shi|>s with
i heaven, and that the purposes of God may be facili-
tated in bringing to puss Ins strange aud mighty acts
amongst the nations of the earth.
Docs he long lor the honors of royalty ; for the
glory trod distinction of holding the reins of govern-
ment ? Most assuredly. Empire is stamped upon
his brow ! He is the son of a King ! yea, of the
King of kings, and Lord of loids! And he is look-
ing forward to the possession of a throne more glo-
Habit renders danger familiar, and of course mdil- 1
fereut to him.
But habit, which is intended for our good, may.
Trass- Art a stic Telegraph. — Mr. Bakewell,
like othep kind appointments of nature, be converted 0 f England, has lately made a scientific statement on
into mischiel. The well-disposed youth, entering telegraphic communication between England aud
into mischief. The well-disposed youth, entering
first mto bad company, itt shocked at what he hears,
and what he sees. The good principles which he
had imbibed, nog in his ears an alarming lesson
against the wickedness of hn> companions. But alas I
rious and more potent than the mightiest of earth ; to this serndbility is but ol a day's continuance. The
a diadem more magnificent than ever circled the next jovial meeting makes the horrid picture of yes-
brow of earth-born kings ! By the light of.the Spirit lerdhy more easily endured.
’ of Truth, he is enabled to look back upon the myriads Gilpin.
of human beings that have been swept into eternity , ,,, ,
in days Ot old, THE JOTS OT POLTOAMT
“ From bun our Great Ptogemtor. to him
That latest bowed beneath die stroke of death. The Chigago Tribune has had the pleasure of ex-
Nuinherles*." aminitig and publishing a private letter from Salt
and he is conscious of being associated witli the great Lake City, (rom which we clip this extract :
scheme ot redemption, that shall rescue from the When I came to Deseret, there were not many
hands ol the Evil One the captives that have long W | J0 wure ; n t |„, enjoyment of more than one wife,
been bound, and open the prison doors to let tlu- op- an( j lnan y or most of the new comers were opposed
pressed go free. He is rejoicing in the privileges* lo But us they saw how beautifully and him no-
ot the people of God, in the [lower and the authority |,j ous [y ,hos6 lamilies lived where there were two or
ot the holy priesthood, by which lie shall stand n mort . wives, their prejudices gradually gave way,
Suviour ou Mount Zion, when the kingdom sliull be uu( j nino ng no class was this chaqgc more apparent
the Lord s. There is nothing too great for Ins con- ,,, women. At the lire sent time, if a vote
ttons, such is the keenness ol uppetite in the human munoriality and eterimllilV.
family to get gain, and consequent command of su- Who can contemplate the true character of the son
periorily in the scale of mankind, and an assurance or daughter ol God, and not feel ennobled? Who,
of die good things of life, tltut, very rarely do we thnt rightly appreciates his position and the glory of
find individuals so encttinstanced otherwise than so his high -calling ol God in Jesus Christ, hut must
acting. turn at^ay from everything that is little and mean
We In-hold the merchant freighting his slii|>s with with disgust, and seek to attnin lonll tilings that will
the riches of his own and other lands lor distant' ennoble, to all dial will purify trod prepare tor the
dimes, watching narrowly die scale of exchuiqje, or high society with which he expects lo mingle ?
sale, dial his expedition may bring ■ home ife* great- Lei the brethren, lei the niutont, realize these
est possible amount of profit. .. tilings; for, assuredly as our children, on coming to
We look, again, upon the inanufaedirer of foreign maturity, become men und women, so certainly shall
produce building his gigantic establishments, nnd we, if we are bom of God, if we are quickened by his
employing ins thousands of laborers, many of whom Spirit, and are faithful unto the end until we attain
toil for a comparative miserable pittance, professedly our majority, so certainly shall we inherit the glory,
because the employer must realize sufficient profit to of our Great Parent, nnd realize the full fruition of
die Lords. There is nothing too greut lor lus con- t [ )a|] q )0 won)en At the present time, if a vote
captions when quickened by die Spirit of God, noth- were i a kcn, upon die subject, I venture to suy that
ing too high lor his sanctified ambition to aspire unto. n j ne 0U ( u | every ten women who hail livvd here for
I he eternal Jehovah for his lather, the ever blessed t wo y,,ars, would sustain our present social system
Saviour for. his elder brother, angels for his compnn- j„ t |,j s particular. They are more for it than the
ions, power and authority unknown on earth, sever- i men for (ipon nwiiy „f t | le | a „ er ; t entails heavy
cigniy and dominion among die spheres of the unt-i burdens— though the truth is, our wives in Deseret
verse, imd all dungs associated with it renewed unfij I|m p e J)0 p rt .t e mions to being fine Indies, their high-
perfect nature, unstained by sin, unsullied by any- es( ambition is lo help their husbands, and their poor
thing that can defile, quid nil things stamped with brothers and sisters m thei Lord’s Church. There
are very few men here fiBo have more than five
wives, and n large pnrt have but one, while some
have none. For myself, I have three. Vour cousin,
because the employer must realize sumcteni pront to
enable him at all limes to be prepared for the fluctua-
tions of the market, arising from the bold aud effect-
ive schemes of speculators.
Again, we find the heir ol opulence, or he who
lias nrcnmuluted sufficient gain to enable him to re-
tire from the more active schemes of commerce aud
trade, seeking the lumois ol magisterial authority,
und (to be charitable) we would allow, honorably
and with honor to dispense die administration of the
Inws of the laud.
We look once mofe, and behold the aspiring can-
didate lor legislative honors, deeming, perhaps, that
his voice, in the denote of tin- land, would have ait
influence to adjust the scale of administration tor the
success of his own system of politics, or otherwise for
die general good of mankind.
We look higher still, and behold tlu- sovereigns of
ol our Great Parent, and realize the lull i t nit ion ol jyjy daugliu-r, Louisa, is engaged to be main
a perlect existence. t0 a IIlU „ | roln . Pennsylvania, who has aln-ndj
Let the Saints, then, contemplate the subject ; let \ V if e aiu ] ihree children. It did not entirely int
them live for these high, glorioun and eternal inter- m y approbation,' lut I did not interpose n single i
ests, nnd God will bless them, while the nations oi j eut j on) ^ long as she was satisfied and the man ia
the earth will wonder and be ustomshed ; ior the woul(1 ju , t ^ degree honorable to her, as w
Spirit that purifies, and consequently beautifies, shall as a dve»tngeoua in a worldly view,
also make them terrible, und the nations of the world fgow, my deafsir, you will say what is to h.-coi
shall leave them unmolested, because ot the might -ft ai | (ll is? Levine tell y.ou what has come of it.
and the glory ol mtih.— [Mdlemal Star. In Deserel ,hero|ue no liliertines with their pai
,«»»., mours, no houses- of prostitution, no cases of sedi
^rv tion, or those wlucli disturd the peace of families
the States, under your laws. Here every worn
“ Evil communications," says the text, “ corrupts can have what Cjod intended she should — a husha
good manners. ’ The assertion is general, and no _ a nd every mail that wants to, may hnvp a \vi
doubt all people suffer from such communications ; And the womari that is the wife of a man who!
but above all, the minds ot youth will suffer ; which one or more other wives, is more fortunate than
are yet unformed, unprincipled, unlumished, and she were the only one, for in case of plurality the c
nations, surrounded with the pageanliry and pomp of ready to receive any impression,
regal dignity, receiving the acclamations of myriads, But before we consider the danger ol keeping bad
tin- homage of the great and mighty, who find their company, let us first see the meaning of the phrase,
ojvn dignity magnified by the reflections of royalty. In the phrase of the world, good company menus
But hitherto we have looked only upon what we. fashionable people. Their stations in life, not their
may deem the most successful of mankind ; we might morals are considered ; and, he who associates with
reverse the [act ure, and turn to die laborious, the un- such, though they set the example of breaking every
fortunate, the miserable, the indigent, and the vile, commandment of the decalogue, is still said to keep
und behold enough to sicken humanity ; we might good company. — I should wish you to fix anothef
I I ,• ir Ji- . • r :..i r • . . i .. • ..... .
ried Miss S., formerly of Ohio, and she lias charge
of the education of the children, and attending to the
clotliing. My ut^jer, which I look three months nco,
is from near Huihhurg, Germany. Slip ““'cm ifciu
the duties of her dew situation with wonderlul alac-
rity, and is very pappy, as are also Sarah Ann and
Elizabeth. There is noue of that jealousy — that dis-
position to tear otfi each other’s hair, which you have
probably imagine! would show itself in such cases.
My daughter, iLouisa, is engaged to be married
to a man Irom - Pennsylvania, who has already a
wife and three children. It did not entirely meet,
my approbation, lut l did not interpose a single ob-
jection, so long ns she was satisfied and the marring*-
would be iu a tugh degree honorable to her, aa well
as advantageous in a worldly view.
Now, my deqr sir, you will say what is to become
ifr nil this? LeUme tell y.ou what has come of it. —
In Deseret therefore no liliertines with their para-
mours, no houses- of prostitution, no cases of seduc-
tion, or those wlucli disturd the peace of families in
the States, under your laws. Here every woman
can have what Qocl intended she should — a husband
—and every muf] that wants to, may linve a wife.
And the womari that is the wife of a man who has
one or more other wives, is more fortunate than if
she were the only one, for in case of plurality the du-
ties of the house are divided. The children here
are pretty numerous, I must admit, but this should and
does contribute tp the happiness of the true followers
of the Lord, from whom we have learned that our
duty is to multiply and replenish, But, mark tins :
there are no illegitimate children iu Deseret, no
children of slmihfe, who are ashamed of then mothers,
and o dirgsace (5 any but the lowest society.
ting his deeds of blood ; but we would choose rather
to turn to tlu* contemplation of the character whose
name we have placed at the head of this article.
And what is he ? He is an individual who has
rendered obedience unto the laws of salvation, as
propounded by the great Father of mercies, and in
consequence of obedience has received of the inllu-
ence of Lie Spirit of God, even of him who is the
Father of lights, the great author of all things by
ighich we are surrounded, nnd to whom the whole
huuum family are answerable for deeds done ju this
probationary slate. By the gift of that Spirg he has
learned the true nature of his standing on this planet
on which he finds himself, he lias discovered that all
mankind are naturally aliens from God, that Satan
reigneth in the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are
lus servants. But he has also discovered what is his
true heritage, what are the possessions, that, but for
sin, were Ids true estnie ; and he now "by the cove-
nant of the -eternal God knows, if he be faithful iu
keeping Ins commandments' what are the glories to
which he is destined. Is lie an uninterested spec-
the same detestable light, in whatever company it is CHARLIE AND HIS DOG. The following Temperance Toast was given at a
foihrd ; nay to consider all company in which it is A correspoudlnt of the Preston ( England ) Chron- 'empenroce dinner in Y ahkeeltmd “The revolu-
tound, be the statton what .1 will is bad company ^ 1V J £ u ?ollowing anecdote: “A good while t * onar Y 1 arm Y au f f ,he co . id 1 wa ! er 1 arni y : l * fr0n ’r
The three foltowmg classes will perhaps include * ^ ua l,j Charlie had a large dog which drove .‘* ie rtd coat * from our la " d ’ ,l "-‘ ,),he ‘ red
the greatest part of those, who deserve tins ap- ^ very f on dIof the water, and in hot weather ,toaes -
pellatton. ■ he used lo switif across the river near which the boy ■ -
In the first, I should rank aU who endeavor to ljve{ j One daj the thought struck him that it would A friend of the late Thomas Hood's afflicted with
r^veferion umh ** fun, ° nli * e the do 8 carr y the w«v the same mania , said, with tears standing in his eyes,
scripture talk blasphemy . n I t ea ie in h ^ t i e( j a atl ft lb r ui the dog’s collar, and ran down “Ah, poor fellow — died from motives of generosity
amtempi. . . with him to the water’s edge, where he took ofT all — wanted to enable the undertaker to urn a lively
hi, ctate,, J -hen. hi* h.rf b, dog',
have a tendency to destroy in us the principles of
common honesty, and integrity. Under this head we
may rank gamesters of every denomination ; and
low and infamous characters of every profession.
A third ciass of liad company, and such ns are
commonly most dangerousio youth, includes the long
catalogue of men of pleasure. In whatever way they
follow the call of appetite, they have equally a ten-
dency to corrupt the purity of the mind.
• Besides these three classes, whom we call bad
company; there are others wito come tinder the de-
nomination of ill chosen company ; trifling, insipid
characters of every kind ; who follow no business —
tator ol the things that are iranspirmg around him ? are led by no ideas of improvement — but spend their
By no means. He is a child oi' light, and not of tune in dissipation aud folly — whose highest praise
darkness, partaking of the Spint of Him who seeth it is, that they are not vicious; — with none of these 4
the end from the beginning ; lib can look beyond the serious man would wish his son to k< p company,
uarrow sphere that limits the vision of others, and It may be asked, what is meant by keeping bad
knowing the purposes of the Most High with regard company ? The world abounds with characters of
to the destiny pi uicn' uiyl things, he cau behold with this kind: they meet us in every place ; and if we
an untroubled gnac the changes or convulsions that Keep company at all, it is impossible to avoid keep"
trtns- ire around bun. ing company with such persons.
Is he involved in the consequences of the mad ea- It is true if we were determined never to have
reer of individuals amongst whom de dwells? Does any commerce with bad men, we must, as the upos-
x .A* ... .... • • x t t * i ■ *. .i e t lit* >
neck and the bg of string, he went into the water,
and the dog pulled him across. After playing about
on file other sid?i for some lime, they returned m the
way they Imd cijme ; but when Charlie looked for his
clothes, he could find nothing but his shoes ! The
wind had blown; all the. rest into the water. The dog
saw what had ljjrppeued, and making his little mas-
ter let go the string by making believe to bite him,
he dashed into, the river, and brought out first his
coat, and then all the rest in succession. Charlie
dressed and went home iu histavet clothes, and told
his mother what fun he and the dog had had. His
mother told him that he did very wrong in going
across the river as he had done, and he should thank
God for making the dog take him over and back again
safely ; for if tfie dog had made him let go in the
river, he would most likely have sunk and been
drowned. Little Charlie said, “ Shall I thank God
now , mamma ?” Hnd he knelt at his mother’s knee
and thanked God ; then, getting up again, he threw
his arm around .his dog’s neck saying, “ 1 thank you,
too, dear doggife, for not letting go." Little Charlie
is now Adrrurajj Sir Charles Napier.”
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
telegraphic communication between England aud
America. He maintained that such communication
between the two countries, with a suitable line, was
feasible, with comparatively small expense. Instead
of the submarine wire as at present used, he would
have an iron^wire. double the thickness, and pro-
tec-»d by gutta percha. He thought a single line
would cost £40 per mile, which, at 2000 miles,
amounted to £80,000. The cost or laying down he
estimated at £20,000, making the whole cost £100,-
000. . He expressed his confident opinion that the
project would be shortly tarried out.
Clock ior a Year. — An urti.st in Philadelphia
has invented a clock that runs a whole year without
winding but once. The place of the pendulum wire
is occupied by a straight watch spring, to which is
attached a horizontal brass plute, of the size ot a
twenty-five cent piece, lit the circumference ol this
plute are inserted six small round bars, from the outer
end of which depend six henvy leaden balls. This
whole arrangement turns upon its own axis, the min-
ute hand moving with it for one minute, when it stops
and turns iu file opposite direction the succeeding
three minutes. Each minute requires three revolu-
Noah’s Ark. — The largest ocean steamships
(says die Sailor's Magazine) now plying on the
Atlantic, benr precisely the proportions in length,
breadth and depth, that are recorded concerning
Noah’s Ark. The dimensions ol the Atlantic
steamers ore, length 322 leut, breadth ol beam .50
feet, depth 28 1-2 feel. The dimensions ol the Ark
were, length 300 cubits, breadth 50 cubits, depth 30.
cubits. The Ark, therefore, v- as nearly twice the
size in length nnd breadth of these vessels-, the cubit
being 22 inches ; both hud upper, lower and middle
stories. Alter ull the equipments of lorty-lwo cen-
turies. which have flujiiwl uiuuw Uiw ILlttg.*, *he
shipbuilders have to return to the model afforded by
Noah’s Ark.
Douolas J t: k hold's Wit. — A Loudon corres-
pondent of the New York Tribune, writes:
Is Mr. Hernud known at all to you ? He is the .
author of “The Descent into Hell." Apropos of
which, he was once annoying Douglas Jerrold with <
mportminle questions at un unwelcome lime. —
Among others, he queried. “By the bye Mr. Jer-
rold, did you ever rend my '“Descent into Hell?"
“No sir," replied the infuriated dramatist, “bui I
should like to stt it.” Douglas dear," "said his wife,
appealing io him lit a small feminine dispute, “do
you think 1 am generally Imd tempered t “No, my
dear,’’ says he, "1 think you are particularly so." —
A young author, talking of Lamartine, in Jerrold’s
hearing, said, “He and I row iu the same boat.”
“Ah I replied the wit, “but not with the same sculls."
A New Edition or Locke. — Colonel Vaumarell
of the 30th regiment, had a hundred pair of old boots
in a box fastened with a huge padlock, and denomi-
nated “Locke on the understanding."
In the year 1850 no less than 3884 males, of
twenty years and upwards, died violent deaths in
England and Wales. Of these 532 were killed by
carriages, carts, aud horses, and 110 on railways.
IM-LEAN-S VOLCANIC OIL MNIlHKN t la WImom,,.
Jxl ted r.-md)-, awl haa .low moro I*, alleviate human is,*
any oilier reme-ly over <ti»^>Tefe , l.
One ur tvru appllcationa will relieve Ijio mart afvdn) tula, l-rulat g,
W Two"t»ltl«i will ctrauM-eburtl.v, awl heal the f.ml.xi men or tan, aaa
H will heal Ih*' tuort aeverttlmmor wakl wllleMt aacwr.
Kvery (amity ahouW. have a supply constantly on hanu. (or use In Uim
the loUuwioc cairRct ol a leUer. which la Inoanwaiable itxm at
Its wonderful efflcaoy :
A BUND MAN HBST()HRt> TO BIGHT.
J. It. Mct.KAS — Dear Sir: • • • 1 havo been lutlhrlnf (« (oor
year* with rheumatic wr" eyw, <*■“* al ttnxw aUo*elh«r wind. I ^
cured the ad* Ice of »ver.it»hy*lclaiM, bui none ot them coii d do mr tn T
food. By the advloe of a frt- .Kl I applied your'-Votcanlc OII Liniment, -
aceordliiy Iu the directions around the bottle, and It baa cum! me penu«.
Bcndv, 1 have i»«l It Mne* tor lituUea, pains. He., awl It has «|»a„
given Immediate relief. 1 live on the mailt ma-1 "gw Vann ilnglra.
Yours, respectfully, JOHN It. Ald.tUUt.
county, Ato.
Foe horws If t* far *n*rkfr to any othtr rwnKdy-for curing tau*****
brulMu cum, olU,*orws »w<lllugn> fco. .. . _ ..
Wn then, to all who may I* wttVring ftom r«i>
at once awl get aaupply. Tbowunda ut bottlea tu*jtfd .ta wtwed ) dan,,
and Vee have never heard ol a car* where It bs" f»ll«<i \n rtvlnc reher
when i-topcriy jhplhHl* >
treptar sale by J. n. MCTJtAX, Ibe proprietor, earner Third and Pin.
streets, St. l/)Ul", aud by all respectable dealers In M^dlctwa everywlme.
Dec . ’fid, f*'f-
GILBAT SALE
X o v
FALL AND WLXTER DRV (MNUMk
TO JJl. SOLD FOR CASH,
iTTB DOW PRICES,
OTH IMMENSE STUCK OF MOODS,
At No. 142 Third Street,
Preparatory lo Closing the Store.
kr.HKHT at CRANK.
Do* . 1 . -w. • I'JCw.
DRY fiOODS.
1 1V ILL u-ll ail mv Stock ot g s wd« from tdl» date at prime fort, to
close out the retail bu.lnevi, aa-l wish loluni all wjemaana luu Uk
who) real" trade, which I hov^eatobinhed on the Iho comet or Main end
R aabingrou Avenue. . , .
jj- Ureal H-.rg sin*, mar !»■ [ookrd lor. In doling oul niv brov, nodi.
aihI examine uow.
To W. HOll. *
Nov. «, -M. [I linn]
ho suffer in consequence of the principles he pro- tie remarkq, “altogether go out of the world.” B J J —
losses ( Ur is he threatened through the maiuten- keuping bail company, therefore, is not meant a case xa . ,u„ ]
ance of his integrity with death ? AU these things uul intercourse with them, on occasion of business, or «mtps » >v mem lfter n thnrmnyb tnnl
may be allotted him. but with a noble superiority as they accidently fall in their way; but having an . . A . . ’ ‘ . . U f .
above suffering and calamity, hu flint nes ‘not. foV inclination to consort with themLcbmplying w.th °
well he knows that all things shall work together for that ifiaH.Httton-^eeking their company- when wo . ffin. A it* “l
his good, and that by a faithful endurance of sutter- might avoid it-emering into their parties-and ma- of lhp ^tmiew nw t IdKlV diffLn,
ing, he is treading m the lootsteps of the Highest, kmg fiierit the companions of our choice. Mixing Jv • ■
and the path, though thorny and perilous, is the path with them -occasionally cannot be avoided. eposiww
of glory. ' The dtujger of keeping bad company, arrises prtn- ^ J 1
is lie a selfish and uninieresidd spectator of the cipally from our aptness to imitate and catch the one ’ ,u
condition of his fellowrtnan ? He 'is not. Being iiu- manneri and sentiments of others — from the power
byed with the Spirit nf Him who sendeth the bless- of eustomryfromouv own bad inclipationa — and froffi IyipoRi
mgs of Providence upon the evil and the good, upon the pains taken by fire bad to cprirupt us. “Time u
tiic just and upon the unjust ; he ulso is ready to min- lu our earliest youth, the contagion of roaiiueiB Is “Women
inter to file suffering and die needy according to his observable. -In the boy, yet- incapable of having mild as rr
ability, and to do his utmost to mitigate the woes of anything instilled into him, rye easily discover from,i their jMc
humanity, knowing assuredly that if he hath the hi* first actions, and rude attempts at language, the defy you.
■ ill *• r
king fiiem; the companions of our choice. Mixing
with them occasionally cannot be avoided.
The danger of keeping bad company, arrises prin-
cipally from our aptness to imitate and catch the
manners and sentiments of others — from the power
of cusiotn— l^omour own bad inclinations — and froth
tbe pajtis taken by file bad to corrupt us.
Ill oiu earliest youth, the contagion of uialuteh is
observable. In the boy, yet- incapable of having
IfO. 147 MAIN STREET,
Third 9*0r North of thr Bunk ol MWw-arl, t
ST. LOUfe.
D«e.S,’M. Pt
ST. LOUIS TYPE FOUNDRY
PARER WAREHOUSE,
EstabUshad A. D. 1840.
a, p. i* adIew & co.,
TYPE FOUNDERS AND DEALERS IN PAPER,
31 und 33 Locust Slr»*«,.Rt. Louts, Mo.,
PKKSS DRl-OT— SHARK AI.I.KV,
C ALL ih<* aUenileii at Prtnton* and PuMtsbOH to tl-cll rttahiutaumii,
where will he found *d**ty vartely ot TYPE, PAPBH, INK, l-RIXT-
1NO FBK88KS, KUIJt, BOKUKllS, FLOWERS, sod every olht r article
UNctl In a FrmUui; Oillc* .
A. P. It <5o., have Uu*i y nuulo atfcHUoii* lolttotr aMortsem
or IHKIK U" I NBWSPAPKR TVI'K, u( lloinv* Inuwrl-I (rota Scotlsnl,
sod have nn" s roni|4e*e serle*. Ab«, a tii-w wiiw o I German tsee*.
Ttiej are alMi llieaui|"Hia.'d a*i UI" ol llie |irli«l|.al Type Poutalrte. In
the United Stair*, ami are prepared lo nil order" .eleotnl liwn an) R»el -
U The* keepalwa'iaon hand a laiye nupply ol NRWS Snd'BlMJKPBlKT-
IN« PAPKK; siw, CAT, 1 KTTKKKl), "lll.OHKII, atal AVMI.I.I
PAPKtts, CARDS and CARD HOARDS, all ol which will he Mild on the
iuu»( rvAwmjUiif’ «cnu>. u
Owlet" for SrKVKtrrYPING AND RNtlRAVING wilt toe ptwliptlr
exccutctl*
Rililunt or PrlnifTM whlittm U. r*tNlilUh .» M**P*P* ‘ ,r Job Prt«>»ln«
Oflke, will bv> titriiUbnl with ail tnlimxlr In ilrtall lor thr *-*n»t\ b> •!*!•
I uk Um> xitr id Hip ur ib»- p*tiu iil*r ftyl*- *imlfiu*iiiHt of wurflt to !>•
McenM.
WtMWTYFE— .» lone** uMrtmani *lw«* •*»» hxiid.
rPoM Tv or UKrti tit oxchangt tut im*w •• winr amh | m imnunI.
NT H. SurtN 8lll>I>Hre! to rill fMR CMC At thlA rxtublUhm^til At
i BM ffflcc*.
Nov. ’51. I* «»•
The tbllowiug Temperance Toast was given at a
temperance dinner in Ynnkeeland: — “The revolu-
tionary army and the cold water army; the- one
drove the red coats from our land, the other die red
A frieud of the late Thomas Hood's afflicted with
“Ah, poor fellow — died from motives of generosity
— wanted to enable the undertaker to urn a lively
hood."
Nineteen coaches crowded to overflowing, arrived
at Cleveland on the Lake Shore road in one train,
last Wednesday, containing twelve hundred passen-
gers.
REMOVAL.
F RaNCIB l.HPRRK h ft* rrnwvwl ht« store front No. til Franklin
nur, u* Ihr pwnkll fortnrrly occupt**! »»y him* odwr ol
Seventh atbl Fmnkltn ■ w fflfi’ .
A CARIX
T HK Sobwribcr, tbetikfui for the very HUtnI polmnsce t>e»i..'wnl
upon him tlunnp the port >e*r. would «*> to hH pzitnxM aud the
public KeneraUv, that h* trill no |mUim *u rvwh-r ««Urf mrUon in
rvrry partlcuiai arttete purcha*rd at bU ^xblbhnient. With IttomW
fariim* *. for purv'h»«4o« k*xnR. and v«4umoiltdMW More room*, tip *ie «•»»**
bird to wKupfte with *uy It ' in ottr Uim lu thr « lty.
I)*. 9t 3 9ot FRANCIS I.KFKRK.
I N STORK Mid to arrhe. thr rt4F»wtnit wtldri, f.»T- «»lo Ua« cMh :
60 bait* prime RV-* Ortte * ; 'Ut bar. Laku> ra ;
60 pocftcetn ahl tovfmtnmt *
190 hf. chrx.tR and chmD imjwrlai. Young ll> mn «nd Black Tea* ;
20 bam whole Pewter ; 6 bak* A hpic.^
3 o»w Nutinecs i 3 halo < ‘lovtw ;
SOboxrs purr KnNtsn! Splom; Dhdo. OactlleHoapt <
6 ca*k> drtad Currants 1 10 bear- Citron ;
10 cmK* Myrr’s Tobacro f 2A bfcrrrbi LanKh^doo AhnontK* ;
A caat* tiillot’rt Manilnrs, l-2r axrI 1-4- >
36 lioxa* baker’s Cocoaf and Chocolatr- ;
60 Uhm RR. BaMoa. FRANCIS LKPKRK.
Dee. ». i [Sim
mm prices.
Nov. ’51. I* »*•
BAKER ANt> CONFECTIONER,
N«. 1TI N. K. Corner of Market unil Till Ktrrrt,
ST. LOUIS, Mil.
JAMES TURNER
T r RKPS astUMIt tel "Ole. Breiul, C racket* ol all kiwis Ctktt, 1*0-
IV. .11—, Cunll.il., AIN Porter. Hilda, Toltocco, Cl*at», Ac.
No,.*!. I* *“•
1)H. W111TK,
DIHCOVKRKR OF TIIK
TRUTINORIC “SYSTEM.
Fdr tkn goniilng^^ Diseasoa of the Chest and
v.' Lungs,
May bn l omullrd doily nt hi* OolUrf, No. Idl PIKE St.,
between -llh A* .llh; from *J «o 5 P. W.
[ A'Xonbmi w«*t AtMtimtK'Jitnl sfallstL :*! report*, one out of rv«o
•fix ot ail the tSeatlto that urvttr lit Ktuo|A* or AMetlC*» an* tr«MU Jlttuc*
! of Utr lungs alone.
JirIkIdk front rtir shove data, there are at the prrtent time with hi Hit
city of St. I<oui«4 at lean.
FIFTKKN THOUSAND -
indlviduala who have ilbtexir aealcxl tl|x»n then luDRe. It fai equally into
that the Meslical ProfessKiit, ndthoui cxcepUon* ar\' unable to detect flulli*
ra-r life mi th«oe «>ruaiw In M?atnn to often u radical cure ; and thU la tho
reaiMtt why that claM of disease# have proved tohntv«rn , ully fntal. And
hence this new dtscoverr nfftr* thr onh me.nnn extant for deUclIng pnl-
uniuary dt<eaae% in their Incipient stajlr.', or in time i*> uilVcl a euro in ev-
rtfcmm. In all prohahilitv, 14.000 *>uit of the above uirntbcr may r*c;*pe a
premature «n»ve, by at once availing lUem*clvea ot thr tM’iindis of this
important dl-co'-cry.
Pa unit, ami Uuardlaus .d»«»uld •vb(ult every mrn»i*cr of Ur«lr famlllci
to ay tratiirdlate etainlluiUoti by ttn-« Nrw Srntitn it they would avoid
a rrapopslbiluy dealt. G»lf lo Mttt but initdeia. Tims thouM not vutl'cr anv
pecuniary conrideratlon to detrr thnu from reaplint Us isenrftts If th**y
would proiert thaw commit ini to tliclr eirark*' from one of thr. modi fa-
tal dl-csves Unit rxt*ux ttfinh tht* continent. If Iticy it*ly upon their fam-
ily phyidciati m apprise them of Un* c\i*leucc of this drvadnil tiltruej
depend .upon it, not *4te .‘ase out of .» humlretl drill ever recover. He«d«
of familleNt ure you prepan d tooftrr thov* cocuniUed W your rvapousJbie
charge a Mcrlftcr u« prejudice, when ilrese Incoulmvertablc facts airttbe-
hire you? If w* the responUbUUv rvAla euUridy with vou.
Nov . Id» *64. ' fitf.
CORINTHIA^T MELODY,
affusic-*" Nark ! ”
The Il4t «ji bit his heart,
The |t4**.tuf( crowd admired ;
A WhHperlny maldeti said—
See Uow Hut mnii’.i attired 1
What beauty In hi- w’alsl,
How matchlefk |ikR cravat,
And then how fflnrti he’s Kracod —
With that rr-p|en<iani Hat'
He lurnrtl him from the throng,
At hr Oft Coilhthtati Hc^il ,
But as lie moves AloUflU
On him all t,‘iance?r hill.
Cried one — “Nol heaven’s clear blue,
With starry radiance set,
Appears more fair to view
Thun yoiplcr lpstroua jet I **
Its fame by all was raised;
ills bosom swells wlH> pride ;
While they odnifrlim oared,
He raised Ills Voice and crlrd —
« Prlenk, would you have my Joy,
And win an equal fame,
Your flats op Broadway buy t
There’s few more left— the aame.”
THE GREAT NATIONAL HAT STORE.
STOP CORINTHIAN HALL,^t
897 BROADWAY,
ESTABLISHED titH MARCH, IS49,
rott tihi: SALE OP
FINK ST. L0D#MADK DRESS HATS,
FOR 94 EACH!
POE A
LUSTROUS, STYLISH. AND DURABLE SUPER
DRESS HAT,
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL!
FOR A
FUR, PLUSH, Ok COTTON C^P,
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL!
FOR A
FUR OR WOOL SOFT FELT HAT, f
GO TO OORINf'AN HALL! j,
FOR AN
INFANT’S FASinONABLE FANCY HAT,
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL!
297 Broadway ;
tSFBIG hJT.j&i
Muv. t% >»». _ ' ll«.
G A L I, AGHER Jk CO :, 1
Practical Dyers and Sooorere,
No. IIS North 3d»u,3 doors Hum Vlnr,9outh »klc, aud No. 160 Jfargau
at. brtweeudth and *XU», at. Ixxalw Mo.
Have opened their new juxl cheap Dyltig andScouriAg <wtabllah-
mimt. tictiUomnis Cob U, FamalOooa, Verls, kc., Dyed, Scoured and
neatly repaired.
Nov. 18, ’64. j (|U.
its merits, and is to be jilaced on all the arms 10 be D * r - *■ ' ' P
manufactured fe' them hereafter, the tools at the at- CHILD. PRATT & CO./
mories now beilg altered for that purpose, as also a rarotrritRs' and wholbsalr dkai.brs
5S»to, l :L < " d C‘S:i^r “iSf “ i3 4! "> e " TLMV '
a great improvement, is superseded by a still greater TbLr <i Do., Swth ti th* Bunk'or Mu««n,
one, and WfP s$xm go out ot use on all nreanns. §j LOUtfS
Impo^akt to Bachblors. -I n his eotnudy of LOUIS ESPfeNSCTIIUO,
WAGON MANUFACTURER,
noild as rriilk. Once make ’era wives; and they Lean comer ot Broadway and L.*b*aumo suort.
against their marriage oeitffieates and
Comer el Broadway and Lebeaumc Sloort,
orroim: EMPIRE mill..
NORTH »T. LORIS, MO*
rftwia i/sifi'uidtsm jpti'M !!* '
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President a right to remove a United States Judge,
except for illegal conduct or inability ? It is, to say
the least, a -flagrant assumption of power. What,
business have they thus to remove our judges ? What
end have they in view ? I’ll tell you, it is —
“ Tickle me, tickle mo, 0 Billy do, t
And in your turn 1*11 tickle you.”
I have perhaps, detained the congregation too long.
May God bless you. Amen.
VOtCNTIE* TOASTS.
Brigham Young — By vox Dei, and ,by vox papuli,
the head of Utah. ^ q
Utah — The fairest daughter of Uncle Sam ; the
first in tlv nnnals of American history, governed by
a prophet of the Lord
Utah — Among (he last, though not least, in Uncle
Sam’s family. May she in virtue exjel, and ift
time, among the fair sisters, enjoy a happy Ukiow.
People of Utah — United we can, divided we can't.
Mormonism — Bora in ipoverty, cradled in storms,
and reared in hurricanes, toon’t faint in earthquakes,
Deseret — As she. is exalted latitude in the tope
had walked uprightly as they should imvtf done.
What shall be done ? Let the people, the whole
American people rise up and say they will have
these abuses regulated, and no longer suffer political
demagogues to gamble away their money, but turn
them out of office to attend to then own business.
Let the people make a whip, if not of good tough
raw-hide, of small cords at least, and walk into the
temple of the nation, and cleanse it thoroughly out,
and put in men who will legislate for their. good, in-
stead of gambling away their money, and' trifling
with the sacred interests of the nation, which have
been entrusted to their keeping.
I would not speak so plainly were it not that states-
men use (he same privilege, and that loo in the halls
of legislatures. We can never get a republican gov-
ernment upon any other principle. The object those
have in view who look and long for the gaudy trash
of this world should be removed, that men may oc-
cupy the high and responsible seats of the nation
who will care for the welfare of the people, and cau-
not be bought with money, or that which it can pur-
chase.
Can the constitution be altered It can; and
when we get a President that answers our wishes to
occupy the executive chair, there let him sit to the
day of his death, and pray that he may live as long
as Methuselah ; and whenever we have good offi-
cers Strive to retain them, and to fill up vacancies
with good men, until there are none who would let
the nation sink for a con of oysters and a lewd wo-
man.
The signers of the Declaration of Independence,
and the framers of the constitution, were inspired
from on high to do that work ; but was that which
was giveu to them perfect, not admitting of any ad-
dition whatever? No, for if men know anything,
they must know that the Almighty has never yet
found a man in mortality that was capable at the first
intimation, at the first impulse, to receive anything
in a state of entire perfection. They laid the found-
ation, and it was lor after generations to rear the su-
perstructure upon it : it is a progressive, a gradual
work. If the framers of the constitution, an|d the in-
habitants of the United Suites, had walked humbly
before the God who defended them and fought (heir
battles when Washington was on the stage of action,
the nation would >,ow have been tree from a multi-
tude of place hunters, who live upon its vitals. The
country would not have been overrun with murderers
and thieves, and our cities filled with houses of ill
fame us now ; and men eould have walked the streets
of cities, or traveled on conveyances through the
country, witiiout being insulted, plundered, and per-
haps murdered ; and an honest, sober, industrious,
enterprising and righteous people would now have
been found from one end of the United States to the
other.
The whole body is deranged; and the head, which
ought to he the seat of sense and the temple of wis-
dom, is insensible to the wants of the body, and to
the fact that if the body sinks the head must sink also.
1 wutit to tell a political anecdote, or at least I will
tell it so nign that you may guess the whole of it.
Two fellows were stump speaking for office in the
State of Illinois ; one of them was a lawyer of flow-
ery eloquent speech, and the other was a rough and
ready homespun mechanic, but a man of sound sense.
The lawyer made his speech in flaming language —
interlarded it with expressions of sensitive regard for
the people’s interests. The mechanic mounted the
rostrum, and says he, “ I cannot make a speech to
cope with this mart’s speech, but I can tell you what
he and I want. He v ants your votes; now if you
will give me your votes, when I get into office you
may and be damned.” They both felt
so ; and there are but few exceptions to this practice.
Office seekers ore full of tricks and intrigues of ev-
ery kind to gel an office, and then the people may
i and be damned.
The progress of revolution is quite considerable in
every government of the world ; but is the revolution
for the constitutional rights of the people in progress ?
No, it is on the retrograde. I know how they can
be brought back to the people, and the government
be redeemed, and become one of the most powerful
and best on the earth. It was instituted in the be-
ginning by the Almighty ; He operated upon the
hearts of the revolutionary fathers to rebel against
the English King and his Parliament, as He does
upon me to preach Mormonism ; both are inspired by
Him, but the work unto which they are called is dis-
similar. The one was inspired to fight, and the
other to preach the peaceable things of the kingdom
of God. He operated upon the pusillanimous king
to excite the colonists to rebellion ; and He still is
judgment, legislate and govenvrn righteousness ; and
officers that are filled with peace ; and to see to it
that every man that goes forth among the people as
a traveling officer is full of the fear of the Lord, and
would rather do right at a sacrifice than do wrong
for a reward.
What would be the result if this course was adopt-
ed by the people of the United States ? It would
destroy the golden prospects of those who were seek-
ing for gain alone, and men would be sought for in
fite nation. State, or Territory* who were for the peo-
ple, and would seek earnestly for their welfare, ben-
efit, and salvation. We want men to rule the nation
who care more for, and love better, the nation’s wel-
fare, than gold and silver, fame or popularity.
Are there any such in the United States? Yes,
plenty of them among all classes of men, though
they have little or nothing to say about politics.
Many of them are much like one Mr. Hovey, from
Cayuga county, New York, that I once asked if he
was going to* the election? “No," he replied, "I
will never give another vote in the United States."
I asked the reason for such a course. “ Why,” said
he, “ they will set up the devil os a candidate for the
office of President, then set up his apostate brother,
who has forfeited his inheritance, and run him in
for the sake of opposition.” There are plenty ol men
who would do that and worse. The nation, however,
is not lost yet ; there are as many os five righteous
men in the city at least.
Let the people lay the foundation for carrying out
the republican government which was instituted by
our fathers, instead of maintaining a government of
anarchy, confusion and strife. Were this people
here an independent people, and hod the privilege
of selecting their* own officers, and I should be cho-
sen to dictate them in their selections, 1 would watch
and guard faithfully their rights, and see that tluty
sclented men who bad not the dimes iu view. The
motto should be, “if you do not labor for the good of
the people irrespective of the dimes, we do not want
your sendees ; for if you labor for the money, yon
seek to benefit yourselves at the jieople’s expense."
I make this application and turn it eastward, which
you know is the way the world rolls. If the govern-
ment knew what the wants of the jieople were, they
would take away the salaries of political demagogues,
and stop their running, and their stump preaching
from one end ol the land to the other, to make pros-
elytes to their cause. This would have a tendency
to put an end to party names, to party jealousies,
and to party conflicts forever ; and the people should
concentrate their feelings, their influence, and their
faith, to select the best man they c«n to be their"
President, if he has nothing more to eat than pota-
toes and 9alt — a man who will not tispire to become
greater than the people who appoint him ; but be
contented to live as they live, be clothed as they are
clplhed, and iu every good thing be one with them.
It is yet in the power of the people of the United
States to lay a foundatidn for the people to redeem
themselves from the growing consequences of past
errors. What would be the result were the United
Slates to take this covnrse, viz : to strike out that
clause in the Constitution that limits the services of a
President to four years ; or the term of service of any
good man; and continue to revise the constitution
'and laws as they become familinr with their defects ;
then reduce the salaries of all officers in all the de-
partments? Would not such a course revolutionize
any kingdom or government, and be very likely to
produce union and prosperity ?
Are there any more improvements that might be
made ? Yes. If we are what we profess to be, a
republican government, there is no State in the
Union but what should be amenable to the general
government, holding to the old English rights in
Rhode Island ; then Congress, with the President at
their head, could meet, and veto every act made by
any department of the government, if it was neces-
sary. So let Congress come together when any of
the States transcend the bounds of right, and hold
them amenable for their actions. The general gov-
ernment should never give any portion of the nation
license to say they are free and independertt ; this
this should only apply to the nation as a whole. We
haven little experience in this kind of independ-
ence. For instance, the government of the United
States are willing to take my money for lands in
Missouri, which were in market, but the people in
that sovereign, that free and independent State, rose
up and ritobbed me — drove me from my possessions,
and confisuated my property to themselves, and the
general government has no power to redress my
- wrongs. This is only one instance among many of
the kind, which I might enumerate to shew the im-
policy and downright mockery of such boasted inde-
pendence. While such outrages remain unredressed,
this nation never should defile the sacred term by
saying, they have a republican government.
Tlte general constitution of our country is good,
and a wholesome government could be framed upon
it, for it was dictated by* the invisible operations of
the Almighty. He moved upon Columbus to launch
forth upon the trackless deep to discover the Ameri-
can continent. He moved upon the signers of the
Declaration of Independence, and he moved upon
Washington to fight and conquer, in the same way
as he moved upon ancient and modern prophets,
each being inspired to accomplish the particular
work he w;.s called to perform in the times, seasons,
and dispensations of the Almighty. God’s purpose
in raising up these men and inspiring them with
daring sufficient to surmount every opposing power,
was to prepare the way for the formation of a true
republican -government. They laid its foundation,
but when others came to build upon it they reared a
superstructure far short of their privileges, if they
do not fully understand, aud can in no wise fully ex-
plain, I shall content myself to talk about it accord-
ing to the extent of my capacity, and the understand-
ing I have of the subject, and leave the little I have
to say with the,peopie. The question, vhat is a true
republican government, is easily answered. It is a
government or institution that is perfect — perfect in
its laws and ordinances, having- for its object the per-
fection of mankind in righteousness. This is true
democr cy. But democracy, as it is now, is another
thing. True democracy, or republicanism, if it were
rightly understood, ought to be (he government of
the United States. They might have had that gov-
ernment long ago ; but as it was said by my prede-
cessor in the stand, “ Whom the Lord would destroy
He makes mad ; ” consequently he must take away
the wisdom of that man, or of that people. No man
or people possessing wisdom will give vent to wrath,
for that is calculated to weaken, to destroy, to blot
out of existence.
When die Supreme Ruler of the universe wishes
to destroy a nation He takes away their wisdom in
the firat place, and they become insensible to their
own interests, and they are filled with wrath : they
give way to their anger, and thus lay the foundation
of their own destruction. To him who seeks to
save, He gives wisdom, which enables any people,
nation, or individual to lay the Ibiuidarion for
strength, increase, and power. When we look
abroad upon the naiious we tan see this truth veri-
fied. We see that wisdom is actually departing
from the lawgiver, and the knowledge, and the dis-
cretion the judge possessed years ago huve vanished.
We discern dial the very policy adopted by the na-
tions to fortify them in strength, is cuiculnted to sap
their foundations. The ax is laid at the root ol the
tree, and all nations are filling up die cup of their
guilt.
Suppose 1 were speukiug to die sssemblod mill-
ions of the inhabitants jil die United States, what
counsel or udvice could be given to them that they
might regain what they have lost ? Can uny tem-
poral means be adopted to save diem from din vortex
of ruin into which they are fast approaoltiug— a doom
which they can never avert without sincere repent-
ance? Yes, there is seemingly a human policy, if
adopted, that would snatch them from destruction.
What is it? Let the people rise en masse to lay the
foundation of a wholescme, independent, free, dem-
ocratic, (as the people call it,) republican govern-
ment — a government which, if carried out, will be
perfect in itself.
Let us look at it in another point of view. Suppose
this people inhabiting these mountains are broken oil'
entirely Iroru the nations of the world, rendering no
allegiance to any earthly power, combined or isola-
ted ; free to make laws, to obey them, or to break
them; free 10 act, to choose, aud to refuse, and in
every sense of the word to do as they please, with-
out auy fixed order of government whatever, and
they wish a constitution, a system of government for
mutual protection and advancement in the principles
of right, to be framed according to the best wisdom
that can be found in this community ; I say, let them
govern themselves by a republican system of govern-
ment, selecting a man from their midst to preside
over them. And who should they select to fill so
important a station ? The best man they can find.
Should they keep him in office only four years?
Should they make a clause in their constitution that
a President shall serve at most for only two terras
witiiout a vacation in his services ? That is an item
that should not be found in the Constitution of the
United States, nor in die constitution made by this
or any other people. We should select thf best man
we could find, and center our feelings upon him, and
sustain him as our President, dictator, lawgiver, con-
troller, and guide in a national capacity, and in every
other capacity wherein he is a righteous example.
Though we find as good a man as there is the na-
tion, yet we should not lay facilities before him to
become evil, were he so disposed. Great care should
be exercised to guard against placing such a power
at the command of any mortal.
Shall we give him twenty-five thousand dollars
per annum, and make him superior to any odier
honest man in ‘the Territory, State or Kingdom, in
things pertaining to this world? or lay inducements
before him to become proud, haughty, and neglect-
ful of the true interests of the people ? No ; for if
he is capable of ruling the people and dictating them
he is capable of taking care of himself. If we can-
not find a man willing to control and guide us with-
out our pouring the gold and silver into liis coffers,
and exalting him above the rest of us, then we will
take one less capable who will do it for nothing.
Do you ask why I would recommend this course ?
I answer, because of the weakness of man. Were
we to elect a man to preside over us in this capacity
and give him three, four, five, eight, or fifteen thou-
sand dollars a year, the streets would be full of dem-
agogues ; you would see them perched upon every
ant-hill ; croaking out their stump speeches for this
or that man to be ruler ; and the paid lackeys for
each candidate for office, iu the streets, in the public
places, would be using their influence for their em-
ployers in their respective circles, and wherever they
would be listened to.
Whether such a man as a ruler will do good to
the people, is not thought of, either by the candidate
or by liis lackeys ; but the one is after his thousands
of dollars, and the other after his paltry fee. The
welfare of the people they do not consider. What
will be the best policy to pursue for the good of the
people at large is not in all their thoughts.
Let the people see to it that they get righteous
men to be their leaders, who will labor with their
hands and administer to their own necessities ; sit in
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REMARKS OF GOVERNOR YOUNG,
At the Celebration of the Fourth of July, in GIreat
Salt Lake City, 1854
1 realize the nature of iny position in rising to
speak to au assembly of intelligent gentlemen and
, tidies on such an occasion as the present. I prob-
ably feel my incapability more than can be perceived
by my hearers, still my mind is active, and my un-
der; landing is fruitful, whether I hare ability or not
to express that which is, in me.
While my friends have been speaking I have been
much amused, edified, and delighted, especially in
having whiggery and democracy so ably illustrated.
1 do not think they could have been exhibited more
easily, more naturally, more to the understand-
ing ol all, and more true to the spirit and universal
deportment of those lending parties of the nation as
they now exist, than they have been by my prede-
cessor iu the stand to-day ; trad I presume I am
speaking the leeitngs of the greuier part of this as-
sembly.
While brother George A. Smith was speaking
upon the rise and progress of the American revolu-
tion. a few items tanging in the same line occurred
to my mind, winch 1 have a desire to express in the
hearing of this assembly.
The revolutions made by the Government of the
Unit 'd Slates, with regard to reul progression gene-
rally, lire small indeed ; so small tliut it is impossible
to perceive any advancement. It is true the Con-
Mituuon lias been revised by the voice of the people ;
but wherein is it bettered ? Some say it is bettered;
but us to the light und knowledge that now exist
with regard to the true spirit of republicanism, the
revolution is on the retrograde motion. No one will
question for a moment that many revolutions in the
United States have become in a great degree popu-
lar, notwithstanding they have been in many in-
stances unconstitutional , and m open violation ol the
statute laws, and have been winked at by the most
influential officers of the Government. There lias
been a progressive revolution since the close ol the
war, but not in virtue, justice, uprightness and truth.
It has become quite n custom, and by custom it has
the force of law, for one jiartv to mob another, to
tear down and destroy Catholic churches, drive citi-
zens from the ballot box, disallowing them the right
ol tranchise, and persecute, plunder, drive from their
possessions, and kill a great many people. Revolu-
tion in tile United States is progressing, but to the
true spirit of democracy and the science of govern-
ment, the revolution I refeT to is strictly opposed.
IS’ iili regard to democracy and whiggery, no per-
son can exhibit them belter, aud in a truer light, than
Judge Shaver has to-day. The general government,
as, a whole, do not understand truly what democracy
and whiggery really ore.
What would my friend George A. Smith tell you
with regard to these two political bodies which now
rule over our country, were lie to address you upon
this subject ? He would tell you that one of them is
u monster iiaving many heads, and the other is a
monster having no head at all. The impulse that is
given to the government is like that of the animal
creation ; when they are hungry, they are impelled
to eat, and to drink when they are thirsty. When
this necessity presses upon them all the sensative
powers are on the alert to search for food ; all their
natural impulses to action originate in the appetite ;
they receive them from the demands die interior of
tile animal makes upon the creature ; it then becomes
the duty of the head to search out a method to sup-
ply these demands with food suitable to the nature
of the animal, which administers health, strength,
vigor, growth, and beauty to the whole body.
What ought to be the government of the United
Stales ? And what are whiggery and democracy as
they now exist ? Nothing and a little l£ss.
1 believe in a true republican government; but
where is (lie man capable of exhibiting in their true
character the principles of such a government ? I
do not profess to be that man, still 1 believe that I
am as capable to search into the merits of the sub-
ject, and can understand the general principles of
true republicanism as well as any other man, though
1 may not be capable of setting it before the people
m its perfection.' I can, however, talk a little about
it.
Is there a true republican government on the earth?
There is. Do you inquire, where is that govern-
ment ? 1 answer, it is here, l am a true republi-
can, if 1 understand what the term signifies ; but I
put my own definition upou such terms, for iu many
instances our lexicographers have widely mistaken
ideas, and widely disagree upon the meaning of
words. They iqay trace the etymology of words
through the living and dead languages to their roots,
as they suppose ; but there is a great probability of
their being mistaken still.
A government that is perfect would be called dem-
ocratic. True republicanism, and what is meant or
underwood by true democracy is the same ; but the
lull extent of true democracy cannot be told by any
man at this time. In enierirur udou a noint that I
Firstly — If any maq bp iu this office by purpose,
he is not in by rights. No boy was ever brought
up for an editor. No father ever thought, “ I will
educate my son for an editor." No aspiring young
man said, “ I will be an editor." It is an accident-
al succession. Now if you desired to bo an editor,
lived for it, saw it coming, calculated it a week be-
fore you found yourself one, you are not in the reg-
ular line. (Tlris to test our calling.)
Secondly — If you have any particular friend go
and embrace him for the last time. For when you
refuse his advice “ how to make your paper more
interesting," or exercise the editorial discretion in
declining an article that he said in an N.' B. you
may do as you like without the least offence, he is
off after that offish. (Encouragement.)
Thirdly — Make to yourself friends of the Poet-
master General and all the Postmasters in particular.
(Reasons obvious.)
Fourthly — Do all the good you c«n and as little
harm, for these will be your main chances.
Fifthly — Put away the delusive notion that all
honest men pay their debts. (Exceptions.)
Sixthly — Blessed be they that expect nothing foe
they shall not be disappointed ; as you will, if you
expect an easy life or rich living. (Instance.)
Seventhly — Acquaint yourself early with those
agents who do nothing, and strike them off, and
those patrons who consider they do a favor by read-
ing the paper and having nothing to do with them-
Neither ever yet supported a paper, dnd the more
such friends it had, the worse for it.
Eighthly — Reject many of your own manuscripts
as well as other people’s.
Nitntbly — Never think you are dime or through
when you are through. Begin again.'
Finally, and to conclude — Look out for all tilin g*
Be prepared to go through thick and thin — espec-
ially through thin.
Tbe Gutr ot Bothnia. — There is not an inch
of the Gulf of Bothnia but we have crossed over, it
is a very strange place; the effect of the irregular
refraction ia very singular; the other morning we
saw a light-house up in the air, and on looking at
the chart it proved to fully 50 or 60 miles off
Ships appear when they are nearly a day’s sail from
them, now with three hulls, now witiiout sails, in a
moment with a cloud of canvass, now turned upside
down, and half a dozen ships are over the other, all
as large as the biggest three-decker; when you
come up with her she is some insignificant little
coaster. We are within a couple of degrees of the
Arctic Circle; the sun does not set .until 10 P. M.,
and rises about 2; we have broad daylight all the
time he is below the horizon. We are going on up
to tlte head of thq Gulf, und when there we shall
see the sun at midnight . — Letter from an Officer in
the Napier Fleet.
tstr Dr. P., who is attached to a Parisian thea-
tre in (lie quality Of a physician, expressed his as-
tonishment that a man and woman were not created
at the same time, instead of the latter springingfrom
the rib of our first parent. A young actress standing
by, remarkable for the graceful turn which she ever
gives to the expression of her ideas said — “Was it
In entering upon a point that I
which they may hnppeu to feel any serious dubily ;
at the same ume we shall always bo pleased to leant
from you your situations and prospects, aud be ever
ready to give such replies to questions, and offer such
instructions as the exigencies of the case may re-
quire. j , ; • l '
The Elders from Utah now hi Australia, Hindof-
tan and the Cape of Good Hope, are at full liberty,
upon the reception of this article, to tarry in their re-
spective missionary fields, to extend their labors to
new fields, or return home, as the Holy Ghost inay
dictate in their councils, with reference to their re-
spective joint or individual movements, and all will
be right.
now herewith satitb the Lord of hosts, if I will not
open you the' windows of heaven, and pour you out
a blessing, that thfere shall not be room enough to
receive it,”
Perhaps some may be ready to say, well I^don’t
object to the principle, for L believe it is a true doc-
trine; but I doni feel litre paying my money into the
hands of men for fear they should use' it improperly;
if Jesus, Moses, or the old prophets were on earth, I
would not mind trusting it with them, but these men
are mortal like ourselves. I don’t mind being bap-
tised by them, and receiving the holy spirit through
their administration, and indeed, I dare trust my sal-
vation in their bands, but ray blessed money 1 dare
not trust with any man
Oh consistency, \ thither hast thou fled? We
profess to be children of Abraham ; then let us learn
As Father Afara-
MISSI ON ARIES FROM UTAH. I
The address in Uwday’s paper frmh the first Pros-
idotiiy to the Mi.-sionnnies from Utah, has been mis-
laid, and until now our searches for it were fruitless,
which is our apology to. die oklers for it, appearing
so lute in our qohupns; it will, nevertheless, In* grat-
ifying to them: to learn, though late, that vvltlle they
are engaged hi life seif-sacrificing and arduous la-
bors ot" love among strangers and in distant climes,
they are not forgotten in the councils and prayer cir-
cles of their brethren in Zion.
ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY. DKC&MBKR 16, 1854
tended plan ; said Jesus;. “Gather up the fragments
that nothing may be lost ; " and heroin is conveyed
liberality and economy — the righteous adjustment
and application of extremes. He marked but the
straight line of propriety in all things •• save every-
thing and lose nothing was the sentiment he breathed.
He gathered by liberality, and saved by generous
sacrifice. By goodness and virtue He obtained wis-
dom from His Father to circumscribe all things and
render them profitable to the economy of heaven, and
glorify God the Eternal; by the spirit of His office
as Saviour and Redeemer, which He obtained
through obedience to His- Father’s will- He taught,
both by precept and example, the necessity of adhe-
ring to the true and everlasting plan of salvation,
which was in Him magnified and made honorable;
and Him his Father glorified, and die glory which
He received He gave unto His disciples, that they
all might be one who went forth hi accordance with
the divine mandate, to teach salvation. “ Gather
my Saints together uuto me : those that have made
a covenant by sacrifice ; Ps. I., 1. Let the language
LIST OF AGENTS FOR THE LUMINARY
bVw Orleans, James Megan-.
.NustralUe. T>nn , K. W. Church.
Hurrisnn county, TcXas, Wlfiinm Msrtindsl*
Milan county, Texas, S. M. Blair.
PreMon Thomas, Traveling Agent for the South.
Cincinnati. O., Hon. Orson Spencer.
Springfield, O., A. R. Wright. ,
Pittsburgh, Ps., B. F. Winchester.
Kentucky General Agent, J. M. Barlow.
Keokuk, town, Charles Clark.
Philadelphia, Samuel Harrison, Poplar, below 12th St.
“ Anthony Winters, Esq.; North Second St.
Bluff City> Iowa, Wm’. H. Eolson. and L. O. Littlefield.
Maquaketa. Iowa, J. Daltytnplc.
Gravois, Mo., Charles Maxwell.
Fairfield, lnd... John Wickel.
Atqiuna. lnd.. Stephen Golding.
Gov. Young’s fourth Of July' address, which we
publish to-day froth G. D. Watt’s report in ike Des-
eret News, and which wc listened to with much sat-
isfaction as it was delivered in Silt Lake City,
though spontaneous and unpremeditated as all bis
discourses are, contain many important suggestions
relative to the government and institutions of the
United States^ >o Which we invite the attention and
consideration pf all our readers.
Our public works are progressing steadily, but net
at all times with tlwu energy and speed that we
could desire ; still the Sainia in Utah are constantly,
increasing in faith and good works. ,
Lest you may not get full files qf the News, wo
will add that the foundation .and adobie portion of thu
wall around the Temple Block are finished, and the
workmen ore now laying the caping stone, which
will prepare the wall for the iron railing.
Workmen are busily engaged, in placing the huge
blocks of sandstone and fine conglomerate in the
massive foundations for the Temple.
The natives are at peace with us, and with each
other, and the Lord is still blessing us with the
, choice blessings of heaven and earth, insomuch that
j we rejoice in His Spirit, in union aud general good
Aiqiiuia. ma.. oivpui'ti doming.
Alton, 111!, Henry J. Hudson.
Csntrovllle, III.. James Kinney.
Lowell. Mast., Eliakim J. Davis.
General Agent for Massachusetts, If H. Felt.
San Jose. Cal., J. M. Horner.
San Uornidino, Cal., C. C. Rich.
General Agent for Utah, Hon. Z . Snow.
Cedar City, Utah, Hon. I. C. Hatght.
Traveling Elders generally will please act as agents
a lesson of him upon the subject,
ham was returning one day from the battle-field, he
met on his way the King of Salem, who was a High
Priest and President of the Saints of the church of
God in all the world (as Brigham Young is at this
time). The name of this King was Melchisedec.
He was, moreover, the Lard’s principle agent for
tithing funds. We are informed that Abraham paid
hhn'the tenth of all he possessed, but what be did
with it the Bible does not inform us ; and 1 don’t
suppose Abraham ever asked him to show his cash
book, and if he did he Was answered, doubtless,
“ mfclez vous de bos affairs.”
Suppose you )iay your tithing to the Bishop, und
he should act dishonestly with it. would the sin lay
at your door ? Certainly not ; but the Bishop would
lie em]Kiwered to judge you and condemn nc *
cording to die law of the Lord, but you could have
no jurisdiction whatever ; then judge not Unit ye be
not judged. Has die Bishop license to do wrong
LECTURE.
We auended the Lecture given by Mr. Copway,
at the Centenary Church, on Thursday eveniug last,
his subject — ' the Religion, Poetry aud Eloquence
of the American Indians — wus well handled, but
his re-marks showed that he had not studied -the re-
ligious part oft his subject as well os he might have,
done ; we could refer him to a work that would show
him where the connecting link between the Indian
and white man is, and give him stronger arguments
than the serpents going on his belly to prove it. —
His next lecture mines off on Monday evening next
at the same place.
with impunity ? Certainly not. See Doc. and Cov.
page 156, 5th section: “And even the Bishop, who
is a judge, and liys counsellors, if they are not fuidi-
ful fin dieir stewardships, shall be condenuied, aud
Olliers shall be planted in their stead.” But how do
1 know liiut this tithing is a commandment of God ?
says one. Do you believe that Joseph Smith wus a
prophet, and that the book of Doc. aud C-ov. contuius
the revelations of Jesus Christ ? Oh, yes ; 1 believe
diul with all my heart. Read section 107: “ Verily,
dtus saith the Loid, 1 require all their surplus prop-
erty to be pul into the bunds of the Bishop of my church
of Zion for the building of mine house, and for the
laying ihe foundation uf Ziou, &o. * * * And
alter that, those who have thus been tithed shall ])ny
one letiilt of all their interest unuuulLy, and this shall
be a standing law with them forever. * * And
I suy uuto you* il my people observe not this law to
keep it holy, and by this lutv sanctify the laud of
Zion unto rue, that my statutes uud my judgments
may be kejit thereon, that it nmy be most holy ; be-
hold, verily 1 say unto you, it sliull not be. a laud of
Zion unto you; and this shall be an example unto
all .the stakes of Zion ; even so. Amen.”
No person possessing the Spirit can possibly be
mistaken with the foregoing. Every oue who lins a
We find ourself firmly sealed in the editorial
chair supplied Iron tile establishment of Mr, A. T.
Riuy, 115 Morgan St., where our friends can not
only obtain new chairs, hut gets, their old ones re-
seated, as well us their sofas, nnunll kinds of turn-
mure repaired.
From the City Press.
CONGRESSIONAL. .
House. — The River and Harbor bill passed at
the last session of Congress and vetoed by the Pres-
ident, was taken up on the Oth iust, and lost, yeas
95, nays 80. The constitutional majority of two-
thirds of the House not voting for it, it was lost.
The resolution' calling on die President for infor-
mation in regard to the object or objects of the con-
ference of the American Ministers at Ostend &.e.,
was lost on the 6di, yeas MB, nays 83.
Dec. 11. Sen a ti:. — • A bill has been introduced
extending the naturalization laws to 21 years.
The bill of lust session, for die sujiport of the mail
steamers was taken up. At the lust session it waa
passed by the House, with a clause requiring the
Postmaster General to give notice of the discontinu-
ance of the contract. The Senate amended the
bill by striking out this clause. The two Houses
lulled to agree. The bill was laid on the tnble.
House. — The resolution for manning summers
aud transport vessels, to carry relief to Dr. Kane's
expiditions to die Arctic Seas, who has gone in search
of Sir John Franklin, failed to got the rule suspen-
<£om$j)oni)cuce of tin fmniiuii'j
The High Council to all the Saints in St. Louis,'
and throughout thin Stake of Zion— Greeting :
Beloved brethren ami sixers, being called of ’God,
and accepted' by you as the High Council of this
stake of Zioni, we wish to prove ourselves worthy of
this high and holy calling, uful of yotu' utmost fnitli
anti confidence: ; and ns we cannot converse with you
all personally, us we would desire, we purjiose wri-
ting you from, time to time such counsels mid instruc-
tions as we inay deem necessary for your welfare
aud salvution in die kingdom of our God.
We wish iti our debut to cull your attention to the
subject of tithjng. In us much us we have cove-
nanted in our boo Gom-rnl Conference to observe the
law of tithing, it is henceforth the duty of all Latter- 1
day Saints in litis stake of Zion, to ]>ay the tenth
ol ail they possess, uud the tenth jxivtion of tlieii in-
come to the Bishop. This low is now as much bind-
ing upon us as i6 baptism for the remission of sins,
uud the imposition of hands for the gift of the Holy
Ghost, or any other commandment of the Almighty.
This may appear to some a hard sayiug, pnd may
coll forth the rebellious spirit of man ; and some may
be ready to say, who is the Lord, that I should de-
liver unto Him or His servants a tenth of my hard
earnings ? And how do I know that it is a com-
mandment of God? “ Oh fools, and slow of heart
to believe all the prophets,, have spoken” — Jesus.
Now be not hasty in judging^nor quick in condemn-
ing — tilings are not at all times us they appear. He
who has given you an existence, spiritually and tem-
porally, and lias given you reasoning faculties — the
gift of hearing, seeing, tasting, and smelling — and
wbc has sustaliiied you all your life long, is the Lord
God of Israel;; and He it is' who requires you to live
by. every word that procecdeth from His mouth. Call
to mind your past experience in His church. When
you were baptised did you not receive the remission
of sins according to His promise ? When the Elders
of Israel laid- their hands ujton your heads, did you
not receive the gift of the Iioly Ghost ? Have not
your sick been healed through anointing with oil in
the name of 'Jesus 7 Have not your sons agd your
daughters prophccied by the power of God ? And
have you not: seen visions and dreamed dreams by
the same spirit ? Have you not been blessed with
a positive knowledge that Joseph Smith was a proph-
et of the Lord, that the feook of Mormon is a revela-
tion of Jesus Christ, and that this church and this
kingdom is that spoken of by the prophet Daniel,
that “ should be set up in the last days and never
come to- an end, but be given unto the Saints forever
and ever ? ” - The good spirit within you answers,
yes; I know tbftt these things are true and faithful.
Then why hesitate to give unto the Lord that which
is his own? Is not .the gold and the silver His, and
the cattle upon a thousand hills ? Then be humble
and obedient ye Saints of the last days, and honor the
law of tithing: by honestly paying the uttermost farth-
ing, so that your heart condemns you not ; for re-
member God is greater than your heart, and may
call you hence to give an account of your stewardship
in a day or hour you think not of.
Some will say, surely the Lord does not tuke cog-
nizance of such trivial mutters as whether I pay tith-
ing or not. Let no man thus deceive himself, for
trifles moke the sum of life. He that is faithful over
a few tilings shall be made ruler over many. The
Lord does not consider tins a trivial matter ; He con-
demns the disobedient to the law of tithing as cob-
bers. He once charged His entire nation \vitli rob-
bing Him ; atid tlmt people were considered the best,
and were certainly the most favored people on the
earth. We who are called to be Srtitn.s
Washington, Dec. 12. — The election of a Chap-
lain has caused some excitement in die Senate which
wus allayed by the election of Mr. Sclicer to fill
that station.
House. — Efforts are being made to get up a bill
to nbolish duty on foreign coal.
Mr. Butler from the Committee of Commerce re-
ported a bill for the better preservation of life and
property on the Long Island and New Jcrsy Coasts,
after considerable debate the bill was passed.
The House then went iuto Committee of die
Whole on the Invalid Pension bill which was passed!.
Washengtoh, Dec. 13. — Senate. — The In-
vaded Pension bill was received from the House.
Mr. Badger introduced a bill to increase the com-
jwusation of Judges pf the Supreme Court and the
per diem, allowance of niembers of Congress. He
is still speaking in defence of the bill.
Mr. Shields gave notice of a bill establishing n
Marine Hospital at Galena.
A bill for die relief of Isaac Swain, was passed.
House. — The projiriety of repealing the usuary
laws is under consideration. The Committee of tin*.
Judiciary have Imd it referred io them.
Mr. Latham mnde a report from the Com.midee
on Public Lands in favor of extending the terms of
office of the California Land Comiuiseioueis.
T&E MORMON GOVERNOR.
R, igbum Young must be a spirit-rapper, if we are
to believe his statement as to how he gained wealth.
In a lecture at the Tabernacle he said :
•• Tlftmsands of dollars worth of property in houses
and lands, which the Loid gave me, are now in the
East in the hands of out enemies. I never said they
were mine, they were the Lord's, and I was one of
His servants. When I went to Kirdand I had not
a cent iu the world, for previous to this 1 had given
away every thing I possessed, dial I might be free to
go forth and proclaim the plan of salvation to the in-
habnamts of the earth. Neither had I shoes to my
feet, and I had to borrow a pair of p&uts and a pair
of boots. I staid there five years, and accumulated
five thousand dollars. How do you think I accom-
plished this ? Why, die Lord Almighty gave me
those moans. 1 have often had that done for me
dial has caused me to marvel. I know as well os I
know that I am standing before you to-day, that I
have had money pul into my trunk, and into my
pocket, without the instrumentality of any man. This
1 know to a certainty." — [St. Louis Presbyterian.
Wonder if Jesus was not a spirit rapper? When
he needed money to pjiy his taxes he sent Peter to
catch a fish which had in him the necessary coin.
Whfeii they needed a little more wine at the wed-
ding, he set them to pour ing out water, and behold
when they drank it was wine ! When 6,000j>eople
satiated their voracious appetites oil' his five loaves,
he gathered tip twelve baskets fragments!
Elijah must have been one also, lor sometimes Ins
meals were brought to him by the ravens ready
looked;. at another time the widow's cruse of oil
supplied lorn for inondis ; and when he had to flee
from his country for killing the priests of Baal, an
angel awoke him from sleep, as he' rested himself in
Wie woods, and gave him a pitcher of water aud a
cake baked upon the coals, which meal lasted him
forty days !
His successor, Elisha, was just auother such a one ;
lor when Ike widow cried to him tor means to satisfy
her Imsbund’s creditors, who were about to sell her
children, he set her to pouring oil out of a little pot,
and the oil continued to run until she had filled all
her own vesseis-iind her neighbors too, and then sold
the qil to pay her debts !
Think Job must havp been one loo, for God guve
him much wealth ; and after the devil robbed him of
all his children and friends, his horses, cattle, sheejp-
asses, .cash and goods, the . Lord gave him tigfiin
more than all he possessed before. Indeed Lflle men
of God, anciently, seemed to be all qf'tlmt son.
Query: DoeB the Spirit ever rap thy- Presbyterian?
FOREIGN NEWS’.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER UNION.
New York, Dec. 11.— -Reinforcements axe sm-
ving rapidly lor the allies. The bombardment of
Sebastopol continued. Dates of the battle of the 6tl»
show 4 English generals and 38 officers killed, and’
96 wounded; 442 privates killed, and 1900 woun-
ded and missing.
Generals Leprandi and the Duke of CambriAre
was wounded.
Everything is ready far the assault, butpo stponed
Icir reinforcements.
Lord Raglan has been created Field Marshal.
It is staled that Gortschakoff intimated to the Aus-
trian cabinet, that Russia proposed peace on the ba-
sis of the four guarantied conditions.
Sebastopol dates to the 14th, say that the adfee
were reinforced by 1000 men daily.
The war office calls on the milita for volunteers
for a winter campaign.
A Russinn dispatch says that the allies made a
demonstration against the left flank of the Russians.
The latter retired.
Strong Russian reinforcements are in motion.
The Arrolia is going to the Crimea.
Prince. Napol eon has .left the camp in bad health.
Lord Palmerston is having daily interviews with
the Emperor of the French.
Lord Dudley Stewart died at Stockholm, the 17th.
It is said that 14 Russian war steamers made sa
reeonnoissancu as far as Bayro without encountering,
any allies,
New York, Dec. 13.— The steamship Pacific,
brings Liverpool dates to the 29th. There is noth-
ing decisive from tho seal of war.
In England, matters were in * crisis, and Parlia-
ment would probably be summoned for the purpose
ol imposing new taxes.
Since the battle of laker man, of Nov. 6lh, where
the allies lost 4,000, and the Russiaus 10,000 men,
neither party had been in condition to resume active
hostilities— consequently there is no news.
The neeesity of re-inforeemenls to improve the
forces ol the allies, was admitted, and. at least 30,-
000 additional were to be raised.
Russian re-inforcements are also augmenting, and
another great battle, or series of battles, must be.
fought before the fate of Sebastopol is decided. “
The allied generals have demanded an exph»
uatiou from Meuschikofl', respeciina the order
to have been issued by him, to- give no quarter.
A Russian major, who gave orders to kill the
wounded, has been taken prisoner and hanged.
A terrible storm occurred on the night of the 15th.
The Minaret of the Mosque of Sultan Aehrnet, at
Constantinople, was blown down. Twelve transport
SALVATION AND SACRIFICE
How intimately blended together are salvation and
sacrifice ! Whfct magnanimity of soul has beeh de-
veloped by the practical elucidation of these subjects.
Sacrifice is the accumulating handmaid of salvation
and the reward of conformity— how prolific! aud
virtue ns embodied in the nobility'of a heavenly or-
der shrinks not from her manifestations. God gave
his Son in sacrifice as a pattern to the world and for
the redemption of humanity- What a vast donation !
The Suvioin-’s whole life was a scene of sacrifice.
“ Thu foxes had holes, and the birds of the air had
netus, but He had not where to lay His head ; ” and
through Him virtue was exemplified unto perfection ;
and through Him a salvation wus to be effected
are yet more
favored and more greatly blcts&d Ilian were they—
our obligations are therejirfe proportionately increas-
ed. Then, shall wej’db God ? Heaven forbid ! bet-
ter far thut wii pa) - a tenth as a sort of interest of
the captal our Heavenly Father has lent us, than be
cursed ns wus ancient Israel
■sent to hell and there
competed to pity the uttermost farthing. The prophet
Mdlnchi says,; Will a man rob God ? Yet ye have
robbed me. Jfctt ye say, wherein have we robbed
Thee? In- tilhfcs and in offerings. Ye ore tiursed
with a curse ; fpT ye have robbed me, even this whole
nation. Bring all the tithes iuto the storehouse, that
there may be meat in mine house ; aud provd me
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ST. LOUIS LUMISART— SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1854
cutting off the entire supply The uncustomed
amount must to paid for hoots and shoos, and hats
and caps, but the family must sit the whole evening
in silence or worthless conversation’; or the boys
must be, allowed to play iu the streets because hurd
tunes require economy in books. It will be poor
economy to allow the •precious season of childhood
to pass without mental food. Belter curtail the ex*
peases of the table than the expenses of the library.
Give food to the mind as well as to the body. Some
will unthoughtedly stop their papers on the score of
excouomy. It will be bad economy. Papers are
for the poor. They furnish tlte cheapest and ought
■to furnish the best reading. Rich men can afford
books, poor, ones can afford only papers.
Let any man reflect what an amount of good read-
ing can be furnished at four cents a week, and he
will be slow to discontinue his paper. Let any fath-
er mark the effect of the paper on the mental develop-
ment of his children, and then ask if retrenchment
should not begin elsewhere. Twenty-four pouuds
of sugar less, per year — two pounds less per month
— one ounce less per day — will furnish a paper in
the family. Who could not save an ounce of sugar
per day, without missing it half as much as they
would a good paper i We might speak ol many ar-
ticles of clothing that could be belter dispensed with
than a paper. Of course toe would not ask a man
to db without tobacco lor such a purpose. Hr must
slobber if he never reads. We advise all our read-
ers to economise, but let them do it wisely. Let it.
not begin with the immortal part. Keep good books,
good papers, and good schools. — [Indiana Amer-
ican.
■questions involving the interest of the people. We
have sustained great losses by not Imving a delegate.
iA nd now wlten the United States holds out her
mins to ns, and are willing to receive us us owe of
the Territories of the Union, without interfering with
any 11 Treaty Stipulations"— but securing more
strongly our right to the country we now hold, giv-
ing us the right to dispose of it gs we please. We
can either retain the lands as a national property, or
divide them among our citizens.
Is it right or wise in the Choctaws to reject a kind
and liberal ofl'er.and follow the fate of the Nebraska
Indians ?
I ask, what is to become of rlje Choctaws if they
reject this bill 1 Can they expect to remain a dis-
tinct people always ? It cannot |re ; but will event-
ually, and that before many yearn, he swallow ;d up,
and perhaps regardless of their just rights.
We may depend upon it as being a fixed fact,
that our Indian days of peace are forever departed
from us, and that no opposition from us can stay the
onwaTd march of the people of the United States to
their career to greatness and the full occupancy of
the American Continent. We have no power or in-
fluence to bear upon any movement of the Govern-
ment, for we are looked upon as children — as wards
under her care and protection, and that she has the
power to do as she pleases with us. There is nothing
the Choctaws can
IpscfHanmis
into the hands of the Russians; two steamers and «
veVew l« igate were driven ashore, but were got off.
It continued stormy outil the 24th.
It is stated that the aflies lost 25 transports aud
slops of war, in a norm on the 7th. The admiral
and l Linden men wfcre lost.
Napuldon's loiter to tile uooops ui tilt: Crimea
says that a powerful dwersiou is to be made in Bos-
sainbm. Rumor says that two French divisions will
to added 'to the army of the Danube.
It isdirticult to see how Omar Pacha is to carry on
aud at the same time send 50,-
Tha Indian Murder neer Port Laramie,
We nave been permitted' to examine beliefs trom
Mr. C. A. Kinkead aud C. L. Burnes, from which
we learn some j articular s ol the recent massacre
and mail robbery by the Sioux Indians, near hort
Laramie. I ■
It appears (hit Mr. Kinkead left Fort Laramie on
the 13th of November, in company with Mr. Jami-
son, the conductor of the Sail Lake mail, and bis
his two assistants, one of whom was named Wheel-
er — the other’s name is not stated. When the par-
ty had reached a point about twenty-two miles from
Laramie and . six miles from Maj. Dripps’ station,
they were attacked by fifteen Sioux Indians, and at
the first fire two of the party were killed and a third
mortally wounded. When Mr. Jamison, who was
about 100 yards in advance was shot, bis mule ran
back to the wagon in which Mr. Kinkead was
sealed, as yet, unhurt. Mr, K. concluded to mount
him and escape, hut as he emerged from the wagon,
a twill grazed his neck, aud he had hardly mounted
the mule, when he received two arrows in his breast,
two in his hips, and two in his bock. He fell sense-
less to the earth, but recovering soon, lie saw two
Indians making off with his mule. They made
signs for him to go back from where he came, and
he started for Dripps’ Station. Fortunately. Major
Dripps was out,, engaged m scattering arsenic to
poison wolves, which abound in that region. He met
Mr. Kinkead, and assisted him to the house. Arri-
ved there, Mr.' Kinkead dispatched a messenger to
Fort Laramie, and an escort was sent to bring Inin
to the fort.
He is notv slaying ai Fort Laramie, and is rap-
idly recovering. At the time the attack tvas mad - ,
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offensive opera lions*
Q0O of hit, tost uoops to the Crimea.
Ttie Russians continue on the Prulh, with patrols
on the T urkish bank of the river. Gen Sefieoda-
refler is advancing wiih his army toward Bessarbia,
to support Prince Goriacbakoff.
The Russian Commander-in-Chief feels it neces-
sary to wntch the position which Omar Pacha has
inkcu up, even thc.igh the latter cannot prosecute a
winter cafmpaign.
The bkwnfle of Odessa has been renewed. The
Russians are fortifying ii by sea and land. It is not
thought the allies will divide Iheir forces at present.
It. was -repotted at Kiel, on the faith of a tele-
graph dispatch, (hat on the 19th or 20th, a portion of
li.e Russian fleet left Helsingfors and captured iwo
British Cruisers in the Gulf of Finland.
A dispatch trom \ letinu, dated Sunday, Nov. 14,
„,Y 5 ; It is now positively ntfirmed that Austria has
accepted, wiilt some modifications, the proposition ui
the Prussian note oi ihe 15th.
\ day jyi two since, Bavaria announced her ac-
cession io. the policy of Austria on ihe Orienlal ques-
tion, and promised lipr support in the German diet.
It this be tarred, the policy of Austria can hardly to
that of ihe Western Powers.
The embodiment of ihe whole inilitiu of ihe king-
dom by- compulsory ballot is spoken of, if required.
Rear Admiral Bnrre is appointed to the coinmaud
ol the British squdruu in the Pacific.
Seventeen first class English steamers at Lodi ion
are embarking troo|is.
All the ’French ships from the Baltic, are under
order? lor the Medileiranean. All Russians are or-
dered (o quit Frame. •
Knlisiiiifiiis are going on iu Switzerland for
Santa Antfa.
Prospectus ol a new Russian State loan of 15,000,-
(MKI tliah-t$ is issued.
The Rifpsiaiu* are stfongly fortifying the line near
Moloff. :
Fort) thousand Turks are concentrating near the
Roman wiill.
St. Pi >i mimic ■ non, 26lh. — Menstliikofi' writes
that on tto etching of the Will, the siege operations
were suspended and the cannonade gradually relaxed
and lirnl almost entirely ceased.
Lord Palmerston remained in Paris.
Advices, tiom Madrid state that the amnesty to po-
litical offenders was promulgated on the 7th, and
had been Extended to the whole kingdom.
The overland I mini and China mail lmd urrrivei[
with date . 1 1 mu Bombay to Oct. 31, Hong Kong to
0 , 1 . II p is asserted iliui the Russians huve inva-
ded Hnkhuriu, and had defeated a force of 60,000
hi, > u sent out by Btidshah Koton. It is reported
ilint ihe King ol kulian laid sent a request for Brit-
ish aid against the Russians. In China there was
no change ol moment in political matters.
At ('anion there hud been less fighting, and the
insurgents hud retired further from the oity. The
Chinese families were returning to Canton, but there
was nothing doing in the port. Shanghai dates to
0 , 1 . -2, state, the Imperial cause was progressing
favorably The plenipotentiaries of the Uuited
States, England and France, had arrived at Shang-
hai, and would stint lor Pekin on the 5th.
HOW THE FIRST CHRISTIANS LIVED
An approved writer, in describing the religious
character ol the primitive Christians, observes that
when they gave themselves to Christ, they counted
all things loss for him and his salvation ; and the
surrender was an honest, whole-hearted transaction,
never to to reconsidered , uever to be regretted-
Hence, from the hour of their conversion, they
made little amount of property. If it was confisca-
ted by government, or destroyed by the mob, they
“ took joyfully the spoiling of their goods,” assured
that iu heaven they Itad a better and incorruptible
inheritance. When the cause required, how ready
were they to lay it at the feet of die missionaries.
Generally, they were poor. A rich Christian ! why
such a thing was hardly known. However, it may
be now, it was then “ easier lor a camel to go through
a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter the king-
dom of God." And if, as an tptt of special sover-
eignty. a man of wealth was converted, he seldom
retained his riches for a long period ; for such was
his sympathy for the despoiled and suffering broth-
erhood, and such his solicitude for the conversion
of the perishing that his funds w--re poured forth as
water. Yet poor as were the first Chrisuuns, they
were litoral to a degree seldom surpassed. - We,
from our much, give little. Ttoy, from their little,
gave much. “ Their deep poverty abounded unto
riches of their liberality.” Baptized covetousness
was the product of a latter age.
They understood Christ to toi in earnest, when,
standing but one step from the '-throne of the uni-
verse, he said, “ Go ye into all the world, and preach
the gospel to every creature." It was not, therefore,
with them a matter ,lo be considered, whether they
should go ,ir not go.
IV It AT A \\oMAN SHOULD UK, A(.PB VUETICA LL T.
A woman should be uminble, behevolent, charitable,
domestic, economical, forgiving, generous, honest,
industrious, judicious, kind, laying, modest, neat,
obedient, pleasant, quie(, reflecting, sober, tender,
urbane, virtuous, wise, exempalry, yielding and
zealous.
WuaT A WoMAN SHOOED NOT BE. Altflll, bold,
cross, deceitful, envious, fretful, groveling, hollow-
hearted, idle, jqflish, knavish, lazy, morose, nonsen-,
si cal, officious, petulant, quarrelsome, ranting, snap-
pish, talkative, unreasonable, vain, wrangling, ex-
travagant or yawning. — Port Bulletin.
to change tire course of things.
Their only chance to live and exist as a people.,
will be to educate and civilize as fast as possible the
rising generation. And surely ndw is the time for
us to stand unitedly. We shoiJd consider well our
aituaiiou, and the course we are about to take at this
time, for one misstep may prove disastrous and fatal
to oiu people. I recommend that the Council take
this matter into consideration, and appoint a commit-
tee to report and point out the advantages and dis-
advantages of the bill to the Choctaws.
The committee, it is understood, had made a re-
port favorable to the bill, but the Council had taken
no final action on the subject. All enlightened
Choctaws were for it— -the missionaries are opposed
to it, and will probably influence all the church mem-
bers to go against the bill. The Chickasaw* are
represented to to opposed to the bill. The Fort
Smith Herald says: “From the present aspect of af-
fairs in the Choctaw nation, we tuay safely conclude
that they will soon become one of us,” and hopes, at
some future day, to see Col. Harkins “ a member of
Congress from the Suite of Clrnlu."
Important Movement in the Choctaw Nation.
In the Fort Smith Herald, of the 25ilt ult.. we
find some very 1 important information from the Choc-
taw nation. They have met the religious enthusi-
ast? constituting the American Board of Missions ill
the proper way. it will be recollected llmt in a
meeting held at Hartford, Conn., some lime since,
they passed a resolution requiring the Choctaw leg-
islature to repeal u law which ttoy had pussed, pro-
hibiting the Missionaries of the Bonid from giving
instructions to the slaves of tire Choctaws, in the
Mission -or Sunday schools. To this law. the Pru-
dential Committee, headed by Rev. Mr. Trent, ob-
jected, and threatened to withdraw their patronage
from the Choctaw schools. The Board, by their re-
cent session at Hartford, approved the decision of
the Prudential Committee, and this restriction was
transmitted to .the Council of the nation. Col. Har-
kins, the Chief, has met the threat in u manly man-
ner. In a recent communication to the Council, lie
says ;
It set-ms that the American Board, at a recent
meeting held at Hartford, Conn., had under consid-
eration the School Act of the last session of the
Choctaw General Council, and were so offended at
it that they at once passed resolutions to dissolve
their connection with the Choctaw schools. Whut
are we to infer from this, but that they have had
their secret designs, and a greater feeling for the
welfare of the slaves among us than for the Indians ?
There is no State in the South that would to willing
for the abolitionists to teach their slaves; and in fact
they dare not attempt it ; and is it because we are
Indians, that they suppose they enn have this privi-
lege among us ? if the abolitionists are not satisfied
to teach our children alone, then I say for one, let
the connection between us and the American Board
be dissolved, and every abolitionist be driven out of
the nation at once. We have treated the Missiona-
ries sent out to us by the American Board as well as
ever Missionaries were treated by any unenlightened
people.
We placed bur children in their hands. We gave
them lands to cultivate, and placed under their man-
agement our school funds, thus showing on our part
not only a reliance upon their labors, but our open
and confiding spirit, and never once have we perse-
cuted them, or attempted to drive out of the country
even those whom we knew not to be good men. We
have hot prevented them from preaching to our
slaves. This has been the course pursued by the
Choctaws towards the missionaries sent out among
us ; but we hafl a right to pass laws prohibiting them
from teaching our slaves, because we know them to
be a dangerous people, who neither regard the law
of God or that of man as binding upon their conduct
or conscience; ~
THE RESCUE OF DR KANE
The greut drift of Artie Ice of the floe of 1853-4
Ims ceased, but Dr. Kune bus not yet arrived, and
fears are entertained lor his ultimute safely.
There can be, we think, no doubt that this vessel,
the Advance, is frozen in, and 1ms therefore no
means to come away until another floe, and years
nitty elapse before another take? place. There have
been but three great Arctic drifts in the lust fifteen
yetirs; the Brat of these reached lnt, 50 deg. north in
March, 1852, and continued until September of that
year; the second commenced in December, 1850,
and continued till Augubt 1851. Upon thnt drill
the Advance amt Rescue rode, in spile of cold so
intense that it congealed quicksilver full six months
and six days — a wonderful testimony of a super-in-
tending Providence ; the Erebus and Terror, Fmnk-
liiv’s abandoned ships, rode past the coast ol New
Foundland in April, 1851, on the samechrystal floe,
and were the ships “ housed-in,” soon by n vessel
bound from Limerick to Quebec; the third drift
commenced in December, 1853, and continued in
prodigious (low (ill into the month of October, 1854,
a tenn of greater duration than I have ever before
recorded. Past observation leads me to the conclu-
sion that another drift of great extent need not be
expected the coming year.
Dr. Kane and his little band of sixteen noble
souls, went forth to the frozen zone, upon a glorious
errand — they went to seek and to save those who
were lost. Should they who so nobly stepped for-
ward in a work of mercy, who periled life to save
bfo, be abandoud to starvation and to death ? No,
no, they' must lie rescued ! Thousands and tens of
thousands of kind hearts will sustain me in this re-
The Revolution in China.-— Letters from Can-
ton, dated up to Sept. 26, state, the rebels still hold
Foitsluun, — the twin city, as it is called, — of Canton,
some fifteen miles distant. The Tartar or Imperial
camp is plainly to be seen on tlte hills, and occupying
the castles in the rear of Canton, and skirmishes, in
mded, and a
FROM CALIFORNIA.
Arrival o( the Stoamer North Star.
The steamer North Star has arrived from Califor-
nia with dates to (lie 16th, aud 1,384,000 in specie.
The Falcon arrived at Aspmwall on the 13th, and
would leave die same evening for Havana.
The Stisquelmnnah was at San Francisco on the
Utli.nud the Mississippi, at Honolulu on the 23d.
The English and French squadrons were at San
Fituuijco.
The news is unimportant. The mining news is
dice i unr.
The Noitii Star brums 309 passengers ; her mails
came down by the Golden Gate.
- The Panama railroad is progressing finely.
1 he Susqtieliannah Ims gone to Borneo.
Commander Ringgold, S. C. Ringgold, Secretary
of the traploiiiig expedition, and E. D. Perry, bearer
of dispatches, passengers on the Susquehanna h, ar-
rived -on the North Slav.
Thfc emigrants by the plains arrive daily, and re-
port great hardships on the route.
Thfc steamer Golden State arrived at Sna Francis-
co, from Ni-\V York in 23 days 10 hours (?) the
quickest ,tm.< on record.
The^papeirs generally favored the proposed mail
stage route across the plain::.
The interest on the bonds due in January lias been
forwarded to New York.
The Legislature meets on the 3rd of January;
there are half a dozen candidates for speaker.
There have been several storms on the Isthmus ;
not much damage done ; the weather is now settled.
There is twilling important from the revolution ;
Mela still holds a strong position and command of
the army — with die exception of Bagoin ; the prov-
inces are quiet, and declared iu fnvor of the govern-
which a great deal of powder
few are killed or wounded, are of daily occurrence.
The rebels have possessed themseive ol several forte
below Canton, between it and Whampoa, and the
river is filled with pirates, so that it is dangerous for
an unarmed boat to pass between the two places.
Very little tea conies in Trom the country, a heavy
black moil being demanded by the rebels, who oc-
cupy stations between the tea districts and the Can-
ton market. It is said, however, an arrangement
has been entered into between the producers and
rebels, by which it will be permitted to come down
verys hortly. One or two chops* have some down
and been towed from off Canton to Whampoa by
steamers that ply between Canton and Hong Kong.
The venerable lather of Dr. Kane, (Judge Kane,
of theyU ruled States District Court ol Eastern Penn-
sylvania,) received letters from his son at Uperua-
vik, which is within the Artie circle, and in latitude
about 73 deg. north ; he then was on his way to
Cape Alexander, which is in latitude about 77 deg.
north, longitude about 75 degrees west, and inten-
ded to proceed thence as far to the north as the ice
would permit, and then make his way by land to-
ward the long and anxiously sought geographical
pole of our earth. It is probable that the great flow
of ice has opened a way, and his youthful ambition
has tempted him still onward, and in the mean time
his vessel has remained frozen iu, aud on his re-
turn to the Advance has been unable to get away.
How beuutiful are the smiles of innocence;
how endearing the sympathies of lovefhovv sweet the
solace of friendship; how lovely the tears of affection.
These combined are all characteristic in women.
They are the true poetry of humanity, rich pearls
clustering around the alter of domestic happiness.
Mormonism in Denmark. — -Moinonism is said
to be making very great progress in Denmark.
There arc now Mormons in the smallest hamlets.
In the Isles of Amack, which is situated quite close
to Copenhagen, almost all the women have adopted
the worsiiip of the Mormon. Five hundred Jutlan-
derSj recently converted to Mormonism, are about to
emigrate to the Mormon colony in the United
States. The great edesiastical commission at Co-
penhagen has received orders from the government
to make researches as to the propagation of Mor-
monism in Denmark.
Because we have done this, the
Board looks upon it as an outrage, and declares her
intention to withdraw her teuchers from our schools.
Let it he done, and tin? sooner the better. And now-
let us look for missionaries and teachers from such
as we can tivo in peace and unity with, from whom
we will have Ho fears that they will not teach any
thing beyond vvlmt the apostles of Jesus Christ taught
in their day.
If to please rite abolitionists the Council should re-
peal the act which has given so much offense to the
Board, you will see a party spirit arise among us,
which will not be put down until every abolitionist
is made to leave the nation.
Repeal that act, and you may at once agree upon
your Council being dictated to by the abolitionists of
the North.
Our people need not fear tliat the schools will
cease on account of the threatened withdrawal of the
present teachers by the American Board, for it was
our money that brought them hither, and surely out-
money can again bring as good, if not better, teach-
ers.
Upon another matter Col. Harkins has taken an
equally important step.
Troth. — If there is one more than another which
we would teach a child, it would be a love of truth.
All other things would be worthless without that
growing excellency in human character. Without
it, the noblest structure is but a whited sepulchre.
With all qualificntins a man is to be shunned when
deficient in this. The beholder may admire a fab-
ric of general beauty and semetry, but when the
seam of falsliood is found running from capstone to
base, he will shun the dangerous presence. There
are few things more painful, experienced in our in-
tercourse with men, than to feel that they are unwor-
thy of our confidence — that they are not what they
seem — that they will betray while they smile — that
they trend upon a carter's crust, where all is hollow
beneut'n. Teach the child to tell the truth — -vene-
rate and love it. Teach him so that whatever wrong
he may commit, he will frankly and promptly admit
it all. Reward the honest speech. Washington's
father never was prouder of his boy than when he
acknowledged his fault.
On Monday the 27th ult., the great Quebec and
Richmond Railway was opened. The Slate of
Maine thus speaks of the occasion :
The great event of connecting Quebec and Lower
Canady, by Railway, with the Atlantic Ocean at
Portland, was hailed along the line with every dem-
onstration of joy. Numerous triumphal arches, With
flags and rows of trees, decorated the road at all
points, and the inhabitants of Point Levi, Hallow,
New Liverpool, and Chaudiere, together with the
workmen whose labors have now terminated, mus-
tered in goodly array to welcome the fust passenger
train from Quebec that has visited their district, and
greeted its approach by loud acclamations and firing
of guns and cannon.
ST LOUIS MARKET.
T tntSDAV, December 18.
The quotations below represent the wholesale prices.
In tilling small orders higher rales have to he paid.
Tobacco — Sales at public auction, including lugs, at
$4.26 to 4.!>0 ; seconds 4.. r >0 to 4.80 ; shipping leaf at 5.25
to $6 piir 100 lhs.
Hemp— Sales of nndressed have ranged from $118 to
126, and of dressed 175 per ton.
L’ ad— Sales of Missouri soft and Galena have ranged
at 5.76, 5:00 to $6. Stock in first bands will amount to
about 35,000 pigs.
Flovr — S ales have ranged at $7.25 to 7.37 1-2 for
country superfine ; country- wftra. 7.60 to 7.75.
Buckwheat Flour — This article is unusually high,
ranging from 3.50 to $u per 10c lbs.
Wheat— Sales at 1.18, l. 25,1.30, 1.33, 1.45, aud
choice white as high as 1.52 per bushel.
Corn — With light receipts the demand has slightly im-
proved. Sales are mqde at 64 to 68c. in second hand and
new gunnies.
Oats— Sales are ranging at 42 to 46c. including second
band and new bags. ,
Barley— Common brings 1.90 qusllttns And
WHO WILL ECONOMISE CONSISTENTLY ?
He approves the bill intro- Conversing with a leather dealer a few weeks ago
duced by Holi. Mr. Johnson, into, the Senate, pro- said that Ins business was good at all tunes, for
/ , - - ., ~ , men aud women, must be shod whether times are
viding for the establishment of three Territorial hard or easy. Very true. All must economise dur-
goverumeuts out of the Indian territory inhabited by j n g the present emergency, aud too many will econ-
tlte Choctaws, Gherokees, Creeks, Chiekasaws, and oniiae upon the principle of convenience and pres-
other •Indians, with provision for their ultimate ad- eu ‘ comfort. Many a child will be taken from
• . r , „ c . , rp, r , ul . school, because the school teacher and mantau-ma-
imssion into the Union as Slates I he Cherokees, , , . . . , .,
, , , , , , .. , ker and milliner can not both be paid. To appear,
under the direction of John Ross, have manifested <j ur ; n g the hard times, which may lust one or two
strong opposition to this proposition ; but Col. Har- years in a less fashionable dress or bonnet, would to
kins and the. Choctaws take a more rational view of a present mortification that must be avoided even at
it, and are willing to accept the terms of the bill. expeuso of ‘he cental cultivation of the child.
» ,u. m-l Counril, OaL *2 T£ s
Harkins says. dwarfed intellect will be felt and regretted, for a
The Choctaws ougitt, in my opinion, at this Coun- whole lifetime. Many a boy will be taken out of
til, to give notice to the Government oi' the United school, on account of hard times, the whole current
States, that they are willing to adopt Johnson's Ter- of life will uhanged because parents are unwilling
ritorial bill, Ojnd wishes to see it ptus Congress in its their children shall wear cheaper clothing during
present shape. That bill certainly gives the Choc- hard times.
taws all they can ask for — it secures them in their For the sake of appearing fashionably dresssed,
homes, and places them on a stronger footing than the development' of mind must be given up. We
ever; aud not only that it makes them a free people beg of parents to begin to economise elsewhere than
— citizens of the United Stales — gives them the in the school house. Next to the school, comes econ-
same protection that an American would have ut omy iu books. The family that bought ten dollars
home or in a foreign country. It places the Choc- worth of books last year, must do this year with, five
taws on a level with the while man. It gives them dollars worth, or without any ; for when retrench- ,
a delegate ip Congress, to represent them on all meat begins on this subject, it seldom stops short of preaching extemporaneously ?
THE PREACHER AND THE LAWYERS.
the wit or jkrse lee.
Jesse Lee one of the first Methodist Preachers in
New England, was a man who combined unresting
energy and tenderness of sensibility, with an extra-
ordinary propensity to wit. Mr. Stephens, iu his
new work on the “ Memorials of Methodism,” gives
tlte following specimen of Lee’s bonhdtnmic :
As he was riding on horseback one day he was
overtaken by two young lawyers, who knew that he
was a Methodist preacher, and were disposed to
amuse themselves somewhat at his expense. Salu-
ting him, and ranging their horses one on each side
of liim, they entered into conversation something like
the following: ^
1st Lawyer. I believe you are a preacher, sir 1
Lee. Yes, 1 generally pass for one.
1st L. You preach very often, I suppose?
Lee. Generally every day ; sometimes twice, or
more.
2d L. How do you find the time to study, when
Si ander.— Against slander there is no defense.
Hell cannot boast so foul au end, hot man deplore
so foul a foe. It stalls with a word, with, a nod,
with u slung, with a look, with a smile. It is a pes-
tilence walking in darkness, spreading contagion far
and wide, which the most wary traveler cannot avoid.
It i? the heart -searching dagger of the assassin. It
> the poisoned arrow whose wound is incurable. It
is as mortal as the sting of the most deadly asp ;
murder is »<s employment, innocence its prey, and
ruin its sport. — -f Burke.
In Solid Eahscst.— -One of the guns used to fire
n salute in Roxbtny, at the Know-Nothing demon-
stration, was loaded with ball cartridge. The ball
struck tto residence of William Emerson, on Win-
thron street, and passed entirely through one side ol
the house, entering the second story just below tile
window sill, and scattering the lath and plastering
all over the Iront chamber, where the family sleep,
aud doing considerable damage.
Bf.ans— P rime and choice wfcitb we- quote at 1.50 to
1.65. Fair and good 1.26 per bushel, 1
t
I-
\ rC’MtAN’* VOtCASIC O!!. UMMKJIT U trtrfy a celebra-
JV1 tyl remedy, and has done narre to alleviate human suffering than
auv otlfrr remedy over discovered. . -
Onodr Iteo jjptillcalt'iu will relieve the u»«l *«><-re paW, brutaa or
**T»"'bottle* will clcanae, purity, and limi tin' fonleat ulcer Ae tore, and
It will heal the most severe hunt or scald without a rear.
Every family aboultf haw »^»ui»i*iy oontiauliy on handy for mt m ttxo©
at n. c\l. ' •"
Head the follow In* extract at a let Ur. which la IncoaUttable proot of
U wonderful efficacy:
A BUND MAN RB»tWRKD TO SIGHT.
J. B. MULE Alt — Dear Sir: • • « I havc hcen .otfttlht t<* lour
yvarfi with rheumatic «ine oyrs, being nt times .iUoxcihcr Wind. 1 pix>-
cured the advice ot wretal physician,, but none of then <wutd do me mj
good. Bv the advice at a friend 1 appltwl your “V olaiUc Oil LJntroml,”
according to the direcUotn around the bottle, amt tt ba* cured me penna-
bentlv. 1 have tael It Moce for bnUwa, pain*, fcc,, and It baa alwara
glvro tmroedtate rellvl. I live <m Ibv main road "*»
Yount, reapocwull' , • “• ALliHRO.
Jeft'enon county, Mo.
For hone* It U far superior to fit)- other remedy lor cur to* latneneat,
brutrea, cm*, oktaorea, swelling*. &d*
We uy, then, to all who may bo suffering from extorn*ldl»e**««j_eaU
at one* and get a aupply. Tbouaatelv of WU« i art ^aold (and had) “Mg,
and we have never beard of a raae where It ha* failed In (hrlni rebel
ud Gotl knows
Young, und Heber G. Kimball, or ilieii children? —
You will all say, lot us have the fathers, instead of
the children, for the time being. Some would say,
pul the children to school, and let the old men work
until they are duttd ! dead ! ! dead !TV I say, let the
boys help the father, and let the father and mother
live as long as they con ; and let the daughters also
do their part, for life is as sweet to the parents as to
the children. ; Life is just as sweet to me now as
ever it was ; but the world has lost its sweetness to
ou earth as obedient as he was.
there never was a being on the lace of his footstool
that could be more' kind to me than Br. Willard and
Br. Biughom. Ware they ever cross and snappish
with me? Never — no. never,.
There was another trail in bis character that will
serve to illustrate the profound deference lie paid to
the man he acknowledged to be his leader. When
on visits with Br. Brigham aud myself, or when he
would accompany us to a ball room, or to a meeting,
he never would euter the room before Ida leader. —
I have tried a dozen times to have him do so, but I
always fuiled in accomplishing it. He had so culti-
vated the spirit of obedience and submission, that it
seemed to be incorporated with his being.
I tell you these things to answer as a kind of spur
to encourage you to more dilligence, and greater
obedience to the commandments of God, that you
may live forever. «
There ia nothing 1 fear in this church except con-
tention, and a disposition in the people to run over
their fellow beings. What I mean by this is, when
a man is appointed by the proper authorities to pre-
side orar one of the outposts of die Kingdom of
God, in this Territory or anywhere else, there is a
disposition in some to otreate an influence against that
man, tibi to be obedient themselves, and to endeavor
to make everybody else disobedient. Now a man
will be condemned for not obeying the person ap-
pointed to preside over Idm, as much as he would for
not obeviug Br. Brigham if he were there ; and the
people will be ns much condemned if they do not
obey Br. Brigham, as they would if they should dis-
obey the Lord God, were he here in person.
When we sent Br. Samuel Richards to England to
preside over the affairs of the Kingdom of God there,
it became his province to rule and dictate all matters
in that flourishing and extensive field of labor, and
his word is the word of God to the people. When
he sends a man to preside over a conference and an-
other over another conference, they are his repre-
sentatives, and their word is the word of God to the
people over whom they preside ; and brother Samuel
is their Delegate to the General Conference, the
same as Br. Bernhisel is the delegate of this Terri-
torial Government to the General Assembly in Wash-
ington.
I wish you to learn these things, for I wish you u>
prepare your minds lo receive the word of God every
day that you live ; and not only live like Saints when
you are iu this Tabernacle, but when you are.obroad,
and in ail vour actions. Can you be saved with a
LINES TO MY HUSBAND
I'm' thinking of thee, fond one, and ray heart
Seems filled to overflowing with the love,
The boundless love for thee, which day by day
Gaina fuller, firmer empire o'er my breast ;
Thy manly tones, thy whlapercd words of love.
First woke within my heart the slumbering chorda,
Which thrilled responsive to thy touch alone,
And breathed sweet music o’er my inmost soul —
And then as o’er each thought thy image stole,
I deemed I’d given thee all of earthly love
That human heart could ever feel or know.
But whop the sacred vow which bound our hearts
Was registered in heaven, and sealed on earth
By thoso holy and endearing bonds
Which made our being one ; when on my brow
You pressed a husband’s kiss, and called me wife.
Then, theu, I felt a deeper, holier thrill
Vibrating o’er my heart, than e’er before
Had stirred ita trembling chords, while o’er my soul
Love’B music pealed In doepor, stronger tones.
Since then long years have pissed, freighted for ns
With much of happiness and earnest joys,
And somewhat too of grief. Life could not be
AH fair and bright — heaven wills not thus for man.
And wo have had some sorrows midst our joys f
Yet every cloud which darkened o’er our souls
But served to rivet more closely the holy bond
Which bound my heart in deathless love to thee.
When sorrow’s storm raged darkly o’er my breast.
Thy soothing tone, thy gentleness of love,
Like “ oil upon the troubled waters” fell,
(Tho* thine own heart was bleeding sore ths while)
Ami made mo feel though heaven’s all-wise decree
Had summoned hence our precious buds of hope,
Whoso blossoming we’d fondly thought would shed
Such blissful radinneo o’er our hearts and home,
’Twas done in tondorness and not in wrath ;
While much was left to causo my erring heart
To swell with thankfulness. That precious gem,
A husband’s boundless love, was still mine own.
And bound with mighty ties my heart to earth.
Oh fond, one ! in this calm and silent hour,
When memory backward glances o’er the past,
Thy countless acts of earnest, manly love
Come up in bright review before my mind,
Causing'iny heart to thrill with (hat deep joy
None but a happy wife can ever know.
Oh I if I loved thee when thine earnest tones
First poured their magic o’er my trembling heart,
Waking each holier feeling into life —
If doeper grew that love, when first thy lip
Breathed in mine ear the Bacred name of wife,
Surely no words of mine can ’body forth
The depth and fervor of that passion now.
While Htill thou’rt adding, day by day, new liuka
To the bright chain which birnU iry soul to thee.
A person asked me this morning how it was that
which he used' to
the enjoyments pi - this world, in
take great pleasure, had stink so much in his estima-
ton. He said the theatrical performances and other
amusements, used to give him much satisfaction and
comfort. Then the real and substantial pleasure,
and happiness which ht’ now enjoys in heavenly re-
alities, was not in his possession ; he therefore took
comfort in artificials ; but when tfie tea! rose, blush-
ing in the midst of iu own heavenly perfume, at-
traotetjj his notice, the gum flowers lost their charms.
When Momtonisin absorb i the whole soul, it yields
such a rich feast to tlte passenger, that earthly en-
joyments become insipid and valueless. I have at-
tended theatrical performances, from which many
good morals tan he gleaned. I have also engaged
in the daucp, which is good exercise to the body; but
when compared with the eternal realities of our hcjly
religion, these enjoyments are, in comparison, like
chaff to the sterling wheal — the one contains the es-
sentials of iilfe, tlte olher is comparatively valueless.
When I go tb a dance, it is to please my brethren
and my family, at the same time thinking 1 may per-
haps get the spirit of dancing; aud when I do, I im-
prove it, and engage in it. as in Mortnonism, with all
my heart, mind and strength.
I care not what I do, if I do not do wrong, so that
I comfort myself, my family or my brethren. Bui
anything that
FALL Ai\D WINTER DRY fcOOBk,
TO BK SOI.l> FOB CABH,
AT VERY LOW PRICBB,
Stl It IMMENSE STSCX OF OOOBI,
At No. 142 Third Street,
Preparatory l« Cto»ln* the Store.
EGBERT tt CRANK.
Dec. 8, ’64. : H 4w -
1 SimaTtoiy ei. tnymcanxlnlo mb
wholeaale u»<l«s which 1 have eotjbltotml on tho the comer ot Alain and
W ^y- l 'or«>t'»sn«i C |n* may bo looked tor, In eloalug out my heavyatoeS.
Call and examine now. T w non.
Nov. 1*, ’Si. ft-Spn]
character iu my, life. If I should happen to get one
converted, he would not stay converted; so I have
concluded, and I think wisely, to let them go, and
not suffer myself to have any more feeling about it
than I would about any of the common occurrences
of life.
What are my kindred to me, when the counsel of
God is in the opposite scale ? They are only as the
dust of the balance. Br. Brigham is my kindred,
for we have become kindred spirits ; what I say of
him will apply to many more of my brethren. When
you hit one of those men, you hit the whole of them.
You have often heard me speak about my kindred.
Many wish to return to the old countries, to bring
out their kindred, their sons and their daughters,
their fathers and their mothers. Why would I not
go back for mute ? Because they would abuse me,
as they always have. When I’ was poor and penni-
less and so thinly clad that you might well say I had
the blues, for my lace and body looked blue, I went
to my friends, who are all independently rich, and
said, I am poor and penniless, and nuked, and lam
sent forth as a servant of God to the nations of the
earth — will you give me some clothing or a liulc
money ? and not one soul of them would help me to
a single dime.
Do you suppose I shall run after them ? No. —
Will they be saved ? Yes, they will, but they will
be saved as I have told you many of this people will;
they will first go to hell, and remain there until the
corruption with which they are impregnated is burnt
out ; and the day will yut come, when they will come
to me and acknowledge me as their saviour, and I
will redeem them aud bring them forth from hell to
where I live, and. make them my servants ; and they
will be quite willing to enter into my service.
Before we hoard Mormonism, we have said a
thousand times, “ if we could but live to see a man
of God, like Paul, or Peter, James, John, Timothy,
or Jesus ChAst, and hear their instructions, we would
be willing to suffer any kind or amount of liaman
suffering, and not complain. My friends who have
rejected me and my testimony will yet feel towards
me.
Who have you now in your midst? Have* u
Abraham and Isaac, and the Apostles Peter, James
and John ? Yes, you have them Tight in your
midst— they are talking, to you oil the time. Do
you b4lievc it ? More or less of you say you do. —
But do you know it ? Br. Rhodes was saying what
he believed ; he says he u believes what brother
Brigham says is the word of God.” I say, pray
that you may have a knowledge thtfi it is the word
of God, aud be able to declare it in the stand, in
your families aud in all the world. Wbut brother
Rhodes said was good and true. Did he not teach
us good principles? Yes; he taught us the revela-
tions of /emis Christ. I did not hear anything else.
I beg of you, brethren, aud beseech you in the
name of Jesus Christ, to be subject in your office
and in your callings. I know you do not realize
your important position as you ought.
Some of you will be asking orolher Kimball why
he does not talk here as he V «s up in the Council
House. There ore many of this people who have
come here to-day, and perhaps you have said what is
very commonly said in the world, “ Come, wife, let
us go to meeting to-day, and get warmed up under
the droppingsof the sanctuary, and become strength-
ened in our faith." Why did you not attend to that
before you came here to-day? I defy any man on
earth to preach the same to you, as to a few individ-
uals of one heart and of one mind.
There is as great a variety of spirits iu litis house
as there is of countenances ; and there are no two
who look exactly alike; is it not high time that there
should be a reformation? We must become of 'one
heart and of one mind, just as though we were one
man. Before this people can enter into the celestial
world, there must be a great reformation among
them. Every man and woman must know, and faith-
fully perform their duties, day by day. Do you
think I am disobedient to my file leaders? I never
had such a disposition in my heart; if I had, I would
banish it from me as quick as I would the devil, be-
cause such a disposition is pernicious to the interests
of the cause of truth, aud will end in the destruction
of those who encourage iu
Brethren and sisters, I want you to understand
these things, and cultivate them in your minds, and
pray that you may be subject in the sphere in which
you are appointed to act, whether in the Priesthood,
or in the family capacity. You have to learn that
lesson, or you can never go into fee paradise of God
to mingle equals with those who,are counted faithful.
There te no man in the fle3h whose right it is to
direct or control Br. Brigham Young in the first
thing. If I have not a right to lead and control
him, I want to know who has ? It is my meat and
my drink to do the will of my Father who is in heav-
en; and if I do this to the day of my death, as brother
Willard did, I am as sure of salvation as you ore
feat fee sun will rise and set again.
Is Br. Willard saved? Yea, he is where Joseph
u ; and I tell you there was a happy meeting. Was
Br. Willard obedient ? Yes, just as obedient ae a
well trained child. He has not got a wife or a child
ST. LOUIS TYPE FOUNDRY
wrong — anything feat violates fee
holy principles of chastity, virtue, and holiness, I suy
away with it, laud let tne be associated with the prin-
ciples of righteousness, aud you who want it may
take fee whole budget of the world and its fleeting
pleasures ; only let me have pure, unalloyed metal ;
and all who desire it, are freely welcome to the dross.
' This people, taking them as a community, I be-
lieve, would exchange many errors for one truth,
aud one truth is worth all the errors in existence. —
Yea, further— one principle of truth and lightteous-
ness is worth the accumulated wealth of all fee
world, wife all its pomp, titles and tinseled show. —
The dross which is separated front iron ore is of no
great value, :but fee metal is of worth to make iron
and steel, which cau )>e converted into utensils for
the use of man, such as plows, shears, spades, shov-
els, &.c. Gold is vuiuable as a circulating medium,
because of its scarcity comjiared with other metals ;
otherwise it has no particular value more than any
other portion of the globe, only in administering to
tho uooossitios of mon.
So far as we ore concerned, we were taken from
the earth, and we may expect to return to it agam;
and that portion of me which is pure, after the dross
of this mortality is separated from it, I expect will be
brother Iieber. It is that which will be resurrected;
but all that is not pure will remain ; that is, it will
not go back into my body again; and if there are ten
parts out of the hundred which are dross aud cor-
ruption, they will remain in the earth ; I do not ex-
pect to take feat up again, but I expect to take up
tlte purified element that will endure forever ; still
the dross is beneficial in its place.
I expect that will be the case with brother Willafd
Richards. He lias gone, and it will not be long be-
fore brother Brigham and Heber follow after. He
has gone to a world of spirits to engage in a work
he could not do if he had remained in the flesh. I
do not believ* he could have done as much work for
fee general good of the cause of God, had he re-
mained in the flesh, as he cau accomplish now in the
spirit; for there is a work ti done there; the gospel to
preach — Israel to gather that they may purify them-
selves, and become united in one heart and ltund.
“ What ! in the spirit world V' Have I not told
you often that fee separation of body and spirit
makes no difference in the moral and intellectual
condition of fee spirit? When a person who has al-
ways been gqod and faithful to his God, lays down
his body in the dust, his spirit will remain the same
in the spirit world. It is not the body that has con-
trol over the spirit as to its disposition, but it is fee
spirit that controls the body. When tlte spirit leaves
fee body, fee body becomes lifeless. The spirit has
not changed one particle of itself by leaving the
body. Were I to fall into a mud-hole, I should
strive to extricate myself; but I do not suppose I
should be any better — any more righteous — any
more just and holy alien I got out of it, than while
I was in it. f
Our spirits : are, entangled in these bodies— held
captive, as it were, for a season. They are like fee
poor Saints, who are for a time obliged to dwell in
miserable mud shanties feat are mouldering away
and require much patching and care to keep them
from mingling with mother earth before the time. —
They feel miserable in these old, decaying taberna-
cles, and long for the day when they can leave them
to fall, and ttike possession of another good house.
It seems nhtural for me to desire to be clothed
wife immortality and eternal life, and leave the
mortal flesh ; but I desire to stick to it as long as I
can be a comfort to my sisters, brethren, wives and
children. Independent of this consideration, I would
not turn ray hand over to live twenty-five minutes.
What else could give birth to a single desire to live
in this tabernacle, which is more or less shattered by
fee merciless storms which have beat upon it, to say
nothing of fee ravages made upon it by the tooth of
time ? While I cling to it I must of necessity suf-
fer many pains, rheumatism, head ache, jaw ache,
and heart ache ; sometimes in one part of my body,
and sometimes in another. It is all right ; it fo so
ordained, ilmi we may not cling wife too great a te-
nacity to mortal flesh, but be willing to pass through
the vail, and ijneet wife Joseph and Hyrum and Wil-
lard, and Bishop Whitney, and thousands of others
in fee world of spirits.
Are they fell together, as we are to-day ? I believe
all Israel have to be gathered ; and to accomplish
this, fee eldeiis, both in this and fee world of spiritp,
will go forth to preach to fee spirits in prison. —
BAKER AND CONFECTIONER,
JI». 171 N. E. Corner*! Murkrt and 7lh Slrrrl.
sr. lxtci s, bo.
JAMES TURNER
K KEPS ootutsnUy tor (ale, Broad, Crarknn ot *11 kind*, Calm, Can
dk», Cordial*, Air. Form, Soda, TuOaoco, Cigar*, Str.
Nov. S3. 0 *■»*
Discourse by President Heber C. Kimball. Taber-
nacle, March 19, 1854.
During the past winter I ho ve spoken but seldom
in this Tabernacle ; for I have been engaged in
teaching in other pluces.
Were the false traditions of past aud present gen-
erations thrown off entirely, it would be much to the
advantage of this people, and of the human family.
Jesus Christ could not teach his disciples as freely
and as publicly as lie otherwise would, had he not
been bound from the same cause. ,
There ore many who think, that because they ure
unlearned, they have not the same 'amount of tradi-
tion as those who are learned ; but there is not much
difference between the two classes in this respect. —
The inhabitants of the whole earth, are coated over,
as it were, wife false traditions, which form an almost
impenetrable barrier to fee shafts of truth.
i am not what the world calls a learned man ;
neither is President Y oung. We never went to any
college, except the one sustained by the Latter-day
Saints, and we have been in feat from fee beginning.
Let me tell you, gentlemen and ladies, if we had
been brought up in palaces, and been sent to school
all the days of our lives to get all the education of
fee world, and were practical men only in these
things, would we be of any advantage to this people ?
A man may pass through a course of education de-
signed to fit him for a doctor, a minister, or a law-
yer, $td if is often the case that he comes out an ig-
noramus, br worse than a useless member of society.
President Young and I were born of poor, but
honest anij industrious parents, in the State of Ver-
mont,, when it was new; and we have been in new
region^ of country from feat day to fee present lime,
except when we were in fee British Isles preaching
the gospel| of salvation to a perishing world. We
have cleared and subdued tlte land at various points
from Vermont to this place, so that we have had no
opportunity for becoming what the world calls edu-
cated. But, if it were possible for me to exchange
my. information for that of the most learned man up-
on fee earth, I would not do it; it would bo like ex-
changing a good, warm substantial suit of c.othing
for a filthy mess of rags.
He has pot. my experience ; it cannot be pur-
chased with money, nor can men, by all their learn-
ing attain to it. Although I have no education of a
worldly nature, I have a spirit that knows right from
wrong — what is true education, and what is not. —
There is quite a difference between the true educa-
tion that all men should have, and feat which per-
tains merely to this life— tho’ when coupled together
they are both good.
When the flowers begin to bloom on the mountain
sides, the ladies try to imitate them with artificial
ones. • Which would you rather possess in educa-
tion — the real flower, or the artificial one? Would
you not rather Itave true education, direct from heav- ,
en. than the artificial cne of the world ? The one
educates the head and the heart, the other the head
alone. . (
The circumstances I have named rendered it im-
possible for me to obtain the education of this world;
yet fee education we Imve received from God has
qualified me and my brethren to instruct kings and
rulers, and bring to nought the wisdom of their wise
£> R . WHITE,
DISCOV ERBR OF TOK
SYMPTOMA TRUTIN0R1C SYSTEM,
For Diagouiaing all Diseases of the Chest and
Lungs,
May bd Copiallcd daily at hU Oofflcr, No. PINE &t*»
between 4th Ic .?!!»♦ from tt to (I P. M.
Accord inn lo w 11 ambaiihcAtMl cMUfticiU report*, on© out ot every
•lx of all iUh duatlu that occur iu Europe or America, arc from dtoeMta
ot the lung* aloiiu.
Judging from tho above data, th«rc arn al tho present lime wlthlu tho
city ot Su Louis, at lout.
FIFTJEBN THOUSAND
Individual* who have dloeaao floated upon lUclr lungr*. It la equally Ini*
that the Medical PnufttUdon, without exception, arc unable to detect n dl*-
cav upon tho*e organ* In *oA*on to effect a radical euro; and (hi* to tho
reason why that daw of dUrasc* have proved couni vernal iy f-»tal. And
hence thto now tlUcovrry ofTn-x the ouly mean* extant for dct.-ctlug pul-
monary dueatutt In their Incipient stage*, or Iu time to effect a euro Iti ev-
erycaflc. In all probability, 14,000 out of tlie-above number may e«capo a
premature grave, by at once availing thcuuclvea of tho hemilto of »hto
Important dUoovery.
Parent* and Guardian* should submit over/ member of Uidr families
to an Immediate examination by this Now Sytaetn 11 they wm»kl avoid
a responsibility desirable to none but Infidel*. They Miould not iutTer any
pccuulary cotwldrration to deter them from reaping Ha Itcnedu If they
would protect tho*© committed to their charge from one of tho most fa-
tal disease* that extol* upon this continent. If they rely upon their fam-
ily pliyalclan to apprise thrra of tho existence of thto dreadful dtoeaae,
depend upon it, not oue co*o out of a hundred will ever recover. Hiuito
of famine*, are you prepared to offtr lhofle committed to your reapontlbla
charge a *aorince to pnjudloe, when thbnj tncontroveftablc facta aro be-
fore jr6u? If *o, tho responsibility reyta entirely with you.
Nov. IB, »Bi. [IU.
CORINTHIAN MEIXXDY.
Music— "HARK I”
The Hat was on bit head,
The pignut crowd admired;
A whispering- maiden sold—
iko how that man’s attired I
What beauty In bto waist,
How match Ins his cravat,
Aud then how much he’s graced
WUh that resplendant Hat I
Ho (urnbU him from tho throng.
As ho left Corinthian Hall,
Bui a* he moves along,
On him all glances fall.
(Jrttd boe—^Nol heaven^ clear blue,
With itorry mdlnnco set,
Appears more fair lo view
Than yonder laitrora jet I **
Its tame hr all was raised;
lib bosom svreil» with pride;
While they admiring gaxed.
He ratoed hto voice aud cried—
« Friends, would you have my Joy,
And win oq equal fanto,
Tour Hats on Broadway buy;
There’s a few more left— the tame.**
THE GREAT NATIONAL HAT STORE,
868“ OF CORINTHIAN HALL,^j|
. 897 BROADWAY,
ESTABLISHED OTH MARCH, 1846,
FOR TOE SALE OF
FINS KP. LOUIS MADE DRESS HATS,
FOR 14 EACH!
FOR A
LU8TROU8, STYLISH, AND DURABLE SUPER
DRESS HAT,
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL !
FOR A
FUR, PLU8H, OR COTTON CAP,
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL! -
FOB A
FUR OR WOOL SOFT FELT HAT,
GO TO CORINTIAN HALL!
von AN
infant’s Fashionable fancy hat,
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL !
297 Broadway;
8®“ BIO HAT.jgi
Hot. IS, >64. (tU.
A Sinouear Case. — “A number of pins were
rerantly exhibited to fee Pathological Society of
London, removed from various parts of the body of a
young woman, who was taking down cloths from the
drying lines, and putting the pins in her mouth,
when some one came behind her and seized her by
the arms, startling hee so much that she swallowed
the snouthfull \ sickness and emenation followed ; a
smell swelling showed itself under her left breast,
which ulcerated and burst, giving passage to a pin,
the head of which was gone. Sixteen others were
removed from about the some spot, and others from
fee the left knee, from over the breast bone, and
from the wrist — twenty-two in all. They had all
lost their heads except two."
®>3“A it- o wboridacules his neighbour's loibles,
and pronourtce. him to be deficient in intellect,
without just caUBe, is very spt to possess more self-
esteem than sound sense, and to be a slave to the
worst of all vices — envy.
FOR THE WEST.
E MIGRANTS tor tbo We*i .ill tliwl It to tbrlr IntcrcMto c.11 OB
ALMA ROLLER betw^tn Troth mk! Eleventh itrorU, on Frank-
lin Avrono, bofof* rot* put* their woiwn* cUrwbere, u br X prepared
to funi!»b VWOM put t(j) In the best .lyle, mid out ot the t**t material.
Wagon.* made at the tamo >hop have l«ro turd tor the pari three voara
by the Western emigration and ittveu general aaiutaeilon.
St. LouJa, Mo., Dec- 13, lb&4. [4 u
■Y REMOVAL.
T^BA^CIS LKPERE ho* removed hto store from No. 81 Franklin ava-
Jt . lo lb© premUe* formerly occupied by hini) *outh-*h*t comer of
Hv.Tnth and Franklin avenoe.
A CARt>.
T HE SuUcribtr, thankful for the very liberal patronage bmUAved
upon him during the pool year, would say to bto patron* and the
public generally, that he will spare no pains to redder sattofnetion la
every particular article purchased at hi* oeubltohmcnt. With Increased
fncUIUi* for purchasing goods, and commodious store rooms, we are ena-
bled to compete with any bouse in pur line In the city.
Dec. % 3 2m FHANC18 LEPERE.
GALLAGHER 8t CO,,
Practical Dyers and Scourers,
No. tli North 3d 3 doom from Vine, Sooth ride, and No. ISO Morgan
at, betwoni 6th anil 7U>, St. Loth* Mo.
gap Have opened their new and cheap Dyitut and Scorning ctalllab-
men!, (kntlemm* Coafa, Pantaloon*, Veeta, fcc.r-Dyied, Scoured and
neatly repaired, ■
Nov. IS, ’St. [lit.
STORK and to arrive, the M toning article*, lor aale low fdr caah
SO bag* prime Rio Cottar ; 80 bag* Laguynt i
SO pocket, old govermnrot Jav. ;
ISO hr. cheat* and chest* Imperial, Young ilywu and Black Tea«|
90 bag* whole Pepper j 5 bag* Alaplee’;
3 ceUM Nutmeg* i 3 bales Clove*;
30 boar* pare ground Sptee* ; 96 do. jCastltf Soap;
Scaake dried Curranu; 90 boxer Citron ,
10 caafa Myer’a Tobacco ; 2S barrel. Languedoo Almond. J
6 caw* (iilloPa Sardine*, l-JEa and 1-4* I
85 boxea Baker’* Cocoa and Cboootaus ;
SO boxea MR. RalUm. PBANC1S LBEBRK.
•v. 9. [39m
SALOON.
S X BS. M . 0. TRAVERS, taka pleasure In aaylug to her numerou* ctnKf-
1VJL mere, and the ptlbllo, that rite luuaeeloou on Pine rtraet, two door*
nan Bates’ Theatre; where ahe U at all time, ready to aorvunp Oyri-w,
Coffoe, Coca Cake*, and Centecrionatla or all kind*. Iron ahape to suit
' .'i *. 0 *P lrart - ’
ALEXANDER DOW,
M XTannlacturer ol aU kind* or COPPER, TIN, AND SURE! IRON
M WARE, DOW’S MISERS’ LAMPS, WARRANTED AlK TiODT
No, 9 Wins Nidi*, Axe*, Ox-CltalM, fcc., Sic,
0OOK1NO STOVES kept coneiitnlly on hand. Cooking and light trav-
elling Stove* aUoothcront-flttlpe* adapted lo the \i*c or Bnilgranutn Salt
Lake, (Jamomla, and Oregon, may. be found at No. 133 Market St. be-
tween Sth and thh, St. Lou la, Mo,
Window Ola** 8*10 and 10x14, \
Nov. 18, *64, ' [Ilf.
CHILD, PRATT & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALS HS
IN FOREIGN’ AND DOMESTIC HARDWARE AND CUTLERY,
MO. 147 MAIN STREET,
Third Door North of the Bonk of Mlasourl,
ST. LOUIS;
Dec. 9, >64. (9 If*
LOUIS EaPENSCHIED,
WAGON MANUFACTURER,
Corner ol Broadway and Labonume Rtecrl,
OPPOSITE UMPIRE MILLS.
NORTH IT. LOUIS, MO.
1*0. VS4. [8 ti,
S. J. LEES,
LOCKSMITH, CUTLER AND SAW-FILBR,
No. 81 Morgan, st. Si. Louis, Mo, ,
JUOK SAWiL Carpenter*’ Coopers’ aud Butchers' saw*, (lied and not.
) Blade* put lino Knives; Rarnra and Soisaor* ground, aet andropaired.
dlore’ andTlutocr*’ Shcais, Carpenter*’ and Coopers’ Tool*, Butcher*’
live* and Chopper*, ground. -
|Cy Guns repaired and for *ale. All kind* ol Tool* bought and sold.
S y The owner* and a«*nte of property, Meamboat ftewerda, keeper)
boarding boater rod hotel* prill Unit thrlr order* promptly attended to.
Where ? Down into hell ? I appeal to fee elders
i
4
LIGHT SSHINETH IN DARKNESS AND THE DARKNESS COMPREHENDETH IT NOT. JESUS
even if her voice had remained firm, her humid eyes
would have revealed her sinking heart.
u Good night, dear. The blessed angels guard
you in slumber," said Mrs. Brown, as she returned
the ferveut kiss. *' .. . .
“ Good night, father ! Good night, mother 1 said
John, in an ofl-dtand, bravado sort of way, gliding
from the room as he spoke — thus revealing to the
acute perceptions of both father and mother, that all
was not right with him either.
A long silence followed the withdrawal of the
the children — a silence burdened with thought,
questionings and earnest debates. At last Mr.
Brown said :
« I remember, flow, that 1 promised to see a gen*
tlentan litis evening, so 1 shall have to go out. But
I won’t bq gone over an hour.
•< Don’t stay long. "—Mrs. Brown spoke in a very
quiet, subdued tone of voice. There was a pressure
on her feelings, and her husband percieved it.
“ I will return very soon." As Mr. Brown left
the apartment, the sewing upon which his wife was
engaged fell into her lap, and leading an elbow on
the table, site rested her head on her hand and wbb
soon lost in a matte ol thought. She did not feel
satisfied about the children. They were but chil— •
dren and creatures of feeling. # In their generous
sell-denial, they devoted all they were to receive at
Christmas to the relief of poor Mr. Elkhart's family.
Nothing had been kept back for themselves. The
consciousness of having blessed (he needy and the
suffering, was to suBtain them on the festive morrow,
and make then hearts glad, though they received no
tokens of love. She did not believe that they were
equal to their self-imposed trial. Nor did she be 4
lieve that it was right to let them l>ear it. But Mr.
Brown, from having beeu extravagant in Christmas
goods last year, had now passed over to the other
extreme. He was a firm man when his mind was
made up about anything, and Mrs. Brown, therefore,
felt she had better bear with her children, what the
morrow would bring, than have a useless discussion
in which dogmatism would chafe and wound her
clear perceptions.
It was near ten o’clock when Mt. Brown came
A marked contrast there was between bis
that was a fooliah blunder. I saw it deafly enough,
but tbtju a perception of the folly catue too late. The
wreck and ruin that followed mode me .jck. It has
had otje good effect, however— that of opening my
eyes to the foolishness of this whole system of Christ-
mas waste and extravagance.
We' must make the children comprehend it. 1
want jyou, Mary, to talk to them seriously on the
subject ; you'll not find the task a difficult one ; they'll
hear tt> reason, 1 am sure."
But! Mrs. Brown understood the children much
belter i bau that. Talk to them about the folly of
making Christmas presents ! — she might almost as
well have tulktd to a hungry man about the waste
and eittravagnuce of eating !
So kbe shook her head and replied — " It won’t do
Edwakd." “It most do.” Mary, was the decisive
answer ; and Mr. Brown got up and walked the
floor, buttoning, us he did so, his coat up to his very
chin-ran involuntary act that expressed the firmness
of Ins purpose. “ My mind is fully made up ; in
fact, him been made up on this subject ever since a
clear perception came ol lust year's folly. There’ll
be no {fifty dollars wasted at Christmas; of this you
may pest assured. 1 can t afford it; and it I could,
a sense of right would not permit the extravagance.”
Mrt Brown continued to talk on, in the hope of
convincing his wife, inducing her to net freely with
him ip the matter. But Mrs. Browu said little in
reply| that little satisfied her husband that her ro-
operafion was not to be counted upon.
Ndxt morning at breaking! the children, in whose
mindi vague questionings and suspicions hud beeu
aroused, exatnitwd curiously llie rather grave laces
of tlitjir parents. But there was no light there.
“ How many days to Christmus now, papa?” said
little pet Maggy, breaking in upon the brooding si-
lencejthat hung heavily over die family circle.
Mi. Brown looked at the child, but made no an-
swer.!
•• Jiust nine days,” answered Fanny in a half whis-
per, pending towards Maggy, vet 1 keeping her eyes
fixed jupcm the countenance of her father.
“ Nine days," repente3 the child. “ Nine days is
such a longtime ; I wish Christmas was to-morrow.”
Mj\ Brown said nothing, uud Mrs. Bi-orm w„j>v
silence. How busy was thought iu the minds of
both. 1
“ hat’s the matter, Edward ? Are you not well
tliis morning ? " said Mrs. Brown, as her husband
nrosef from the table, after taking but a single cup of
coffee-
“ I’m very wall," replied Mr. Brown, with affect-
ed cheerfulness ; “ hut I huvn’t much appetite, and I
your whole fives, ves, yes, your wisnes nwi ^
gratified. Maggy shall have two gold dollare, and
John nod Fanny three gold, dollars apiece, as Christ-
mas gifts"
How joyfully the children clapped their hands at
this announcement.
“ My difficult problem is solved," said Mr. Brown,
after the children had retired for the night ; “ and
solved in n way little anticipated."
«' Dear hearts ! ” said Mre. Brown. “ Their gen-
erous purposes were not awakened by any sugges-
tions of mine.” ■ • !
*• How much better to spend money in relieving
the suffering and the needy than to waste it in use-
less gew-gaws," observed Mr. Brown.
•• How many duvs to Christmas, papa ' inquired
an earnest little voice, as a pair of soft hands were
-pressed fondly against the cheeks ol Mr Brown.
'•Just ten dnys," answered Mr. Brown; but not
in tones of equal interest.
•• Ten days* Oh, thru is such a long tune 1 1 wish
ii wns to-morrow. "
•' \ ou do ? ’’
•< Vos, indeed, pnpo ten days ' That’s more than
ii wi eW, isn't it ? ”
“ Yes, three days more than a week."
•• Well. I wish it was to-morrow."
•• Why so soon, petty ?"
•* Don't you know i " And the child smiled archly
in her father’s face.
•• How should I know!" saul Mr. Browu.
•• Don't know why I wish to-morrow was Christ-
Ilian ! I guess mother knows; don’t you mother?”
Mrs. Brown smiled lovingly upon her little one,
the youngest and dearest of her flock. Just then
die two elder children came into the room.
■ ", Don't you wish to-morrow was Christmas. Fan-
ny?— and don't you, loo, John?” inquired lhe,cbild.
•• Don’j r, Maggy?" answered John, a merry
smile playing over his countenance. “ Yes, indeed !
But it isn’t to-morrow ; and wishing wuu’l do any
good.”
•• It's only ten days off,” said Fanny quietly.”
•• A little more than a week, Christinas wall be here."
•• And then." said John, glancing meaningly to-
ward Ins lather.
••■And then,” chimed in Fanny.
Hut, from some cause, the subject was not agree-
able to Mr. Brown, as was evident in the gravity ot
his manner. This the children were quick to see ;
end it cooled their enthusiasm. Silence followed.
In a little while Maggy slipped down from her fa-
thers knee, nnj drew quietly to her mother's side ;
Iren) whence she looked at her father with fitful
glances, half timidly and half wonderingly. Somc-
now, tins reference to Christmas was not ugrcenble
jo Mr. Brbwn, and the children perceived it.
The evening passed without further remark on the
coming festive season ; yet not without thoughts of it
in every inii d — in fact, little else was thought of,
either by Mr. or Mrs. Brown, or the children. Af-
ter the latter had retired for the night, Mr. Brown
smJ *• I mn really troubled about this matter of
Christmas presents, Mary, it does seem such a waste
ot money. Last year it didn’t cost me less than fifty
dollars; nnd wlint good come of it all ?”
Mrs. Brown looked earnestly at her husband,
sighed, but mode no answer. Her heart was with
her little ones ; and the thought of their being disap-
A few days more glided by. It was the 24th of
December — time, evening. Mr. BrownWaa seated
at the center table, around which gathered the chil;.
dren. He had his purse in his hand.
• “ What do you say now, Moggy, dear ? to-morrow
is Christmas, you know.”
“ Yes, papa," answered die child, lifting her large
clear eyes to his face. There was in diem heavenly
beauty diat arrested the lather’s attention, and caused
hint to gaze almost wonderingly into their liquid
depths.
“ Do you still want a gold dollar for your Christ-
mas gift?”
“ You said I should have two gold dollars," an-
swered Maggy.
“ Well, then, two gold dollars? ”
“ Yes, papa.”
*.* What will you do with them ? "
H Give them to poor Mrs. Elkliart, for her baby.”
“ There diey are love," said Mr. Brawn, as he
laid two yellow coins in the soft, pink hand of Maggy.
“ Thank you, papa ; I’m so glad! " ’ How her hi-
de eyes sparkled and danced. W' hat dimpling smile
went wreathing over her innocent face,
“ Now Fanny and John, what do you say ? " Mr.
Brown turned to his two older children.
“ Just what Maggy has said.” urns their unhesi-
tating answer.
“ Three dollars for you, Fanny, and three for you,
John.” Mr. Brown handed the glittering coins to
his children as he spoke.
“ Eight dollars in all,” said John.
. “ It will do them so much good. How glad Mrs.
Elkhart will be when we take them to her." Fanny
mused a little while, and then said —
“ I want to give something to Mary Elkhart. She
is a dear little thing. Oh, now I think of it! ” How
bright her face became in$tautly. “ She shall have
the little wax doll father brought for me last Christ-
mas. 1 had three then ; two large ones and a small
one. The small one is just as good as new. May
I give it to her, mother ? ”
“If you wish to, Fanny."
“Then she shall have; it,” said the little girl,
firmly. “ Mary docs not jet many nice play things.
And now that her poor father is hurt so badly, and
cannot work and earn money, I don’t believe she
will have a single Christmas gift. Yes, indeed, I
will send heT that .pretty wax doll.”
“ There’s Eddy and Willy Elkhart.” John’s in-
terest for the little boys was now awakened. * Eve-
rybody gets presents at Christmas. I think I’ll take
half a dollar of the money to buy something for
them. No, I won’t either. Now I think of it,
there’s a box of building blocks most os good as new,
in the garret. Eddy shall have them; and for
Willy — let me see — what have I for W illy ? yes- —
"Oh, that is sad, sad!” answered Mrs. Brown.
“ He has- so many little ones dependent on him.
Whnt will they do? ”
“ I’ve just come from there," said the neighbor.
“ Ah, it is a sight to make the heart ache ! Mrs.
Elkhart’s baby, is only two weeks old ; and she is
still too feeble to be about. The shock has thrown
her back very much ; five little children, the father
disabled for months, and the mother yet sick with a
young bnby— -Oh, Mrs. Brown, there is heart trouble.
We who have so many comforts around us can but
dimly realize the suffering of that poov wife and
mother.”
“ Let us not lie to her ns the Priest and the Levite,
but ns the good Samaritan," said Mrs. Brown.
“ Spoken like a woman und a Christian," respond-
ed the neighbor. “ Yes, let us act the part of the
good Samaritan.”
While the lady conversed with th*ir mother, the
children listened with deep interest. Soon after she
went away John and T’anny started for school. At
dinner time Mr. and Mrs. Brown talked much about
poor Mr. Elkhart and his family, and suggested va-
rious. means of relief. They were willing, they said,
to do all for them in their power, but feared that an
adequate support for several months could not be re-
lied upon.
Three or four days went by without anything more
beinsr said by the children in reference to ClirisUnas.
Their rather extravagant expectations had been low-
ered by the manner of their father when the subject
was previouslyjnentioned, as well as by the conver-
sation held with their mother. Even little Maggy
perceived that Christmas presents was not an agree-
able theme, aud she too kept silence before her
father.
Only a few days now intervened between the pres-
ent and the long looked for and pleasantly anticipated
festive holiday. It was evening — the tea things had
been removed, and Mr. and Mrs. Brown, with their
three children, set before the red glowing grate, feel-
ing very comfortable, and talking together very
pleasantly. All at once little Maggy, who was on
her father's knee, and bud one arm around his neck,
said, half timidly, and with worm blushes mantling
her cheeks, as if she knew the subject would i#t be
altogether agreeable —
“ Won’t you give me
mas gift ? ’’
“ A dollar, child ! " Mr. Brown looked grave,
and spoke quite seriously.
“ Yes, papa, a little round gold dollar. I wont
nsk for anything eke ; and you needn't buy me any-
thing.”
Maggy's sweet little face was now almost crim-
son, for site felt that her request was not pleasant to
her father.
“ What do you want with a dollar, Maggy dear ? ”
Mr. Brown was recovering himself, and his voice
waB now tender and encouraging.
“ I want to give it to poor Mrs. Elkhart to buy
clothes for her little baby.”
« Dear child.” murmured Mr. Brown in a low
unsteady voice, as he hugged Maggy to his heart.
The request, so unexpected, touched him deeply.
" You will give me one, won't you? ’’ still urged
die child in her earnest little tones.
“ Yes. dear, you shall have two gold dollars for so
good a purpose,” answered Mr. Brown. “ God's
loving angels have inspired the generous wish."
“ I’m so glad ! y.our such a good father ! ” said the
child, as she flung her tiny arms about her father’s
neck, and clasped him eagerly.
"Just the Christinas gifts that Fanny and I want,”
said John, now pressing up to his father's side.
We talked about it all the way from school this after-
noon.”
“ Youdi4?"
i “ O yes," answered Fanny, as she stood beside
her brother. “We don’t want anything for opr-
! selves " •> .>• t- •; •
“ It is more blessed to give than to receive,” said
Mr. Brown, as he laid a hand upon each yotmg
i head ;. “ and you will prove this, I trust, ere many
days have passed. It gives me fine pleasure, j my
children, to find in you such unselfish purposes.
Poor Mr. Elkhart’s little ones are worthy of all your
l generous sympathies ; and in denying yourselves for
their good, you are procuring heartfelt delight that
home.
animated countenance and manner, and tile heavy
eye and weary air of his wife. '■
"You are late," she said.
" Yes; almost an hour later than I meant to slay.
But I couldn't get home any earlier. I have done
some good, however, and that will compensate to*
absence- I was able to interest several gentlemdh
in Elkhart’s case. They have made up a purse of
twenty-five dollars, which I am commissioned to
spend in fuel and groceviea, and send to the family
as a Christmas present to-morrow.”
The face of Mrs. Brown grew bright instantly.
“ How glad I am to hear you say this. .For all tbeir
misfortunes, the day will not be altogether dark to
them."
“ No ; not altogether dark,” said Mr. Brown, now
speaking in an absent maimer. Some new thought
had come into his mind,<aud was ocoupyjng it al-
most exclusively. 1
“ I don’t think the children feel altogether right
about to-morrow," said Mrs. Brown, venturing upon
a subject very near to her feelings.
“ How so ?” enquired her husband.
" Children are children.”
( Continued dn fourth page . ) ,
CALIFORNIA SHEPHERD DOG
The San Jose Tribune gives the following inter-
esting account of the fidelity and vigilance of the
California shepherd dog.
Many of the rancheros of this valley send out
their sheep daily under the charge and protection of
their dogs alone, and feel assured the in the eve-
ning they will be returned safely to the. fold. Day
after day, and night after night, nay, year after year,
and through a whole lifetime the Taithful sheep flogs
are found devoting every hour of their existence,
with a faith that knows no change to the important
true? reposed in them by their owners. Whether
beneath the scorching rays of the summer’s sun,, or
amidst the storms and chilling winds of winter, —
whether fed to repletion, or enduring the keen pangs
of hunger, he cheerfully goes each morning to the
performance of the task, leading bis flock over valley
and mountain, guarding them from the attacks of all
enemies throughout the day, and at the approach of
night returning them to their corrals. No persua-
sions, allurements, or sufl'eriugs, can induce him to
relax his vigilance or watchfulness. As the first
note of danger falls upon bis quick ear, his defiant
voice is heard, and lie at once throws himseli be-
tween his flock and the approaching enemy, to fight
their battles and cover their retreat. And many
dollar, pa pa, for my Christ-
“Uselessly?" said Mrs. Browu, in a tone of in-
quuy, that implied a doubt as to the fairness of her
husband a conclusion.
s Whnt pood came of all our waste ol money in
Christmas presents last year ? ”
" VYo made the children happy for one thing," re-
plied Mrs.' Brown. “ aud you'll own there was good
in tluu, — money spent m procuring happiness lor any
out* can boidly lie called money wasted.”
“ Present pleasure is sometimes liought at the
price of future unhappiness," said Mr. Brown.
j* True,” returned Ins wife, “ but bow the remark
applies Iwre, l do not so plainly perceive.”
>• You see that the children have set their hearts
dbiu lepcJitwn of* the same extravagance tliis year.
Now, it Joes not seem to me right to spend money
in ,tlu$ way. If I do not, of coutse they . will be dis-
upjwinted and unhappy. So the pleasure conferred
Iasi year will lie the cause of pain now;"
Mrs. Browu was silent. Not tlint she felt the
hofice ol what her husband said — iier heart, as we
ihate before remarked, was with her little ones, and
especial pleasure. “ Eight dollars ! How glad it
wifi make poor Mrs. Elkhart.”
|< Don’t foTget now,” remarked Mrs. Brown smil-
ing, “ that my Christmas present must go in the some
direction."
Mr. Brown looked thdughtftil for a few moments.
He was turning the subject over in his mind.
“ I meant to have bought you — but I won’t say
what. It would have cost juBt twelve dollars. Here
is the money. Do with it as your heart may prompt”
The children looked earnestly at the mother, as
she received the sum of twelve dollars. She held
the gold in her hand for a little while, and it seemed
as if there were some questionings in her mind.
Then she laid it on the table saying —
“Twelve and eight. make twenty. How much
more good the money will do for this distressed fam-
ily than it would have done to us, had we spent it,
one for the other, in Christmas presents. Such to-
kens are not needed as evidences of affection.?’
For some lime there was a pleasant excitement
among the Children. Gradually this subsided ; and
although they continned at intervals to speak of the
happiness their presents would Create in the morning,
yet it did not create the observation of either father
or mother that a certain joyonsness of feeling was
absent. They were more silent than usual; and
their tones, when they spoke, were subdued-
“ We won’t hang up our stockings to-night for
Klngle,” said Fanny, as she gave her puent*%;
usual good night kiss, f She had meant to speak
very bravely and cheerfully, but the eflort was not
you With all blessings in their power to bestow,"
answered Mrs. Browu, as she placed an arm around
each of her children, and drew them gently to her
side. There was a penetrating tenderness in her
low tones that went instantly to the hearts of John
aud Fanny.
" Christmas presents," continued Mrs. Brown,
“ are meant to express to you the good wishes or af-
fection of those who make them. They are not to
be so much regarded for their value, or even useful-
ness, as for the evidences they bring of love in the
giver. Think of this, my children, and then what-
ever you receive wifi be highly prized, even though
in itself it be the merest trifle. Your father loves
non, and the seductive influences ot nanery, uu-
boughtby gain— how much more just would bo his;
claim to superiority and dominion over all created
things, ?
" Oh I love him very much,” a
‘Yea, clung tightly to her mother’s arm.
>■
teach them the way of life and salvation, and assist
him in his I a Ivors in whatsoever tilings he may need.
So shall the blessings of the righteous descend upon
them, and the approbation of the Father be mani-
fested unto them ; and we pray God, the Eternal,
who rulest in the heavens, to bless Elder Erastus
Snow in bis ministry and teachings, that grace,
mercy and power may be multiplied unto him, that
he may rejoice continually in his labors und faithful-
ness in Thy kingdom, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Signed in behalf of said Church at Great Salt Lake
City, Utah Territory, United Stutesof America,
this 30th day of October, A. D. 1954.
of this city. It has, of late, been so uncommon for
editors and scribblers to allude to the Mormons,
in any other than a vindictive spirit, and in a man-
ner most absurd and extravagant, misconstrueing
every act and word of Governor Young and the
Mormons ; manifesting a most holy horror of a man
who dare honor ami maintain his wives and his chil-
dren, instead ol following'll] the footsteps of those hyp-
ocrites, into the dens of infamy and corruption which
taint the moral atmosphere oi all oar large towns,
and flourish under the nose and fostering care of
these moral lecturers who crawl out of licentious
sheets to write their morning address, and urge on
the government to war upon the Mormons. We re-
peat, it has been so uncommon to hear an honorable
editor speak out with sense and discretion, and re-
buke the braying of these asses, that when it does
occur we find ourselves instinctively reaching out to
shake hands with him.
The High Counoil to all the Saints throughout
this Stake of
Zion — Greeting:
Beloved brethren and sisters — Our now perfect or-
ganization in this region of country has brought with
it new duties and increased responsibilities and obli-
gations, which if carefully observed and faithfully
discharged, will make us more perfect, even ns our
present government is more perfect.
If there is one duty more weighty, or obligation
more binding to us than another, it is to feel after
your welfare, to lead you by our example, and coun-
sels, and instructions to your respective duties ; to
mingle our feelings, sympathies and spirit with yours,
that you may learn to be better fathers and mothers,
better husbands and wives, better servants and mas-
ters, better members of society, and in a word, that
you may become better Saints of the Most High God.
You are choseu, dear brethren, from- among an
ungodly world, to be repositories of die revelations of
Jesus Christ, to be champions of truth ; and you are
required to contend earnestly for the faith once de-
livered and now restored to the SaintB.
You have covenanted with the Lord at die waters
of baptism to keep His commandments and obey His
laws, and to live by every word that proceedeth from
His mouth. Your obligations and responsibilities
are, therefore, a hundred fold greater than they were
before you made tliis sabred engagement, and re-
newed the holy seal of the covenant, eveu the Holy
Ghost, the comforter which has taken of the diings
of Jesusaiid revealed them unto you.
Do you wish to learn more fully your duties and
obligations? Then listen to die voice of wisdom and
counsel, and obey the same in meekness and sim-
plicity, and die spirit of God shall rest upon you ; the
visions of heaven shall be unfolded to you, aud you
shall never he confounded worlds without end.
Are you elders of Israel ? Theu strive with all
diligence to magnify your high and holy calling ;
cleanse yourself from all uncleanness and all man-
ner of unrighteousness ; study not to please man, but
study how you may please the Lord and His ser-
vants ; put not your trust in man, but trust ui all limes
and for all diings in die mighty God of Jacob. Call
to mind the noble acts and generous deeds of the
Elders of Israel in ancient days, who, through their
faith and righteousness, are renowned and honored
both on earth and in heaven. “ Through faith die
Elders obtained a good report." Let your ambition
ever be to excel in the knowledge of truth, the exer-
cise of wisdom, and the practice of righteousness.
Are you Priests, Teachers, or Deacons? Theu
watch with fidelity over the church, over which the
Lord hath made you overseers. Treasure up in your
hearts words of wisdom and comfort, that you may
have wherewith to strengthen and console die weak
and desponding ; honor and obey the counsels of
your brethren, that die Saints may honor and oliey
you; be men of faith and prayer and live continually
in the fear of the Lord and in the light of His spirit
and. no (rood thing will ha withhold from you — hilt
you shall be called the ministers of God. Let all
your aspirations for greatness he resolved into good-
ness ; and be contented in the station in which the
Lord has placed you — only magnify the same and
you shall be honorable. Do not aspire for office and
i-STf 10018, SATURDAY, DKl'KMBKR 23, 1851
not one of them fullon to the earth: yea, and tlu-y
had foaght as with the strength of Gods ; yea, never
were men kpown to have fought with such miracu-
lous strength ; and with such mighty power did they
fall upon the Laminates, that they did frighten them ,
and for this- cause did the Laminites deliver them-
selves up as prisoners of war.”
If you would have now such faithful, brave, nnd
zealous young men, we must have correspond iug
parents ; and if you would be thus honored and dis-
tinguished, obey the oft repeated counsel of the
prophet Brighain, namely : “ Live your holy reli-
gion.” You shall then be blessed, honored aud gf„.
rifled in your children, who will, through /eternal
ages, call you blessed. (
We moreover say unto all Saints, he temperate in
your thoughts and actions ; pray without ceasing ; let
your prayers be heard in your families day by duy ;
seek not the riches of the world, but seek rather (lu-
nches of heaven, “which neither moth or rest doth
corrupt, and which thieves do not break through and
steal;” cease from murmuring, complaining, ami
speaking ill of one another ; cherish the spirit of God
in your hearts and cultivate the spirit of charity in
your bosoms, which hopetli all things, believeth all
things, and endurelh oll.lhiugs, and which hidelh a
multitude af sins. Do nut nyt so foolishly as some
have done, who for some real or imaginary wrong
committed by some Cain or Judas, Balaam or Siinou
Magus, have kicked up their heels, denied die fuith,
and cursed God, or that which is equivalent, His
faithful servants : by tlio by, wo will remind such of
a German proverb — “ the curses of the wicked are
like chickens, they generally return home to roost."
Take heed, brethren, that you be not led iuto so un-
wise a course, which has led many apparently good
men and women into the depth of sin and tile vortex
of aposlacy; be not overcome of evil, but overcome
evil with good. t
Cease from loud and boisterous laughter, that you
grieve not tire spirit of God, for God is not pleased
with any excess in his children; “and excessive
laughter is sin." See Doctrines and Covenants,
page 148.
In conclusion, We say unto you in the words of 2d
Peter, 1st chap., 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th verses : “Add
to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and to
knowledge temperance, arid to temperance patience,
and to patience Godliness, and to Godliness brotherly
kindness, nnd to brotherly kindness charity ; and if
these things be iti you and abound, they make you
that ye shall neither be "barren or unfruitful in the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. * * * Where-
fore brethren give diligence to make your calling
and election sure, for if you do these things you shall
never fall.”
Signed in behalf of the Council.
MILO ANDRUS, Pres'l.
J. S. Cantwell, Clerk.
WST OF AGENTS FOR THE LUMINARY.
New Orleans, Jam.-s Mcgaw.
Ala. anil Tonn., H. W. Church.
Ha- rison county, Texas. William Msrtinilsle.
Milan county, Texas, S. M. Blair.
PXfftJh Thomas, Traveling Agent Tor the SotUh
Cincinnati, O., Hon. Orson Spencer.
Spring tic lil, O., A. R. Wright.
Pittsburgh, Pa., B. F. Winchester.
Georgetown, Ky., J. M. Barlow.
Keokuk, Iowa, Charles Clark.
Philadelphia, Samuel Harrison. 584 Poplar, 8t.
New York, John Taylor.
Helena, Ark., Alfred Gay.
Pecan Point, Arif., L. J. DeLopair.
Bluff City, Iowa, Wm. H. Folson, and L. O. Littlefield.
Maquoketa. Iowa, J: Dairy uiplc.
Grayois, Mo., Charles Maxwell.
Fairfield, Ind.,John Wickel.
Alquina, Ind., Stephen Golding.
Altqn, 111., Henry J. Hudson.
BRIGHAM YOUNG,
We would -call the attention of all lovers of good
tea, to the advertisement of Van, the Tea Man in
another column; an far as we have seen he keeps
good tea, nnd sells at reasonable rates.
NOTICE.
Aliy person wishing to lease a good comfortable
house containing six rooms with a dry cellar, situa-
ted on Morgan street between 2d aud 3d, cau be
accommodated by applying to S. J. Less, on the
premeses.
Missionary Labors — St. Louis Conference — Items
from Utah.
- St. Loom, Mo., Dec. 20, *54.
Dear Bb. Show: — Since ray last to you of the
7th iust., I have thought that some of the transpiring
events that have come under my observation would
not he uiiintereatiug to your friends and renders of
the Luminary, feeling at ail times an ardent desire
to communicate to my brethren those things that
cause my heart to leap for joy — that is, the onward
march of the holy gospel aud its sanctifying influ-
ence among the Saints of the most high God.
Ou the lfilh iust., at 8 1-2 a. m., I started by the
cars for Cheltenham, near the Dry Hill branch of
the church, liaving sent an appointment to preach
there that eveniug. I spent the day in visiting the
Saints and giving them such counsel as will have a
saving influence, if given heed to. Evening came,
and the Saints met together — the Lord blessed us
with His holy spirit and gave me utterance. I was
enabled through His blessing to discharge my duty
in laying before my brethren the principles of life
and salvation. We hod a joyful time together; and
I trust many will rejoice in days to come. I spent
the night there, and started early in the morning for
St. Louis. After spending a few hours in the city,
I again started for Centreville, a distance of 10
NEWS FROM UTAH.
ARRIVAL OF. THE BALT t.ahtw matt.
Monday morniug lust we found our post box filled
with letters and papers from Salt Lake City, which
had been recovered and forwarded alter the late
horrible massacre of the mail party on the plains.
By tliis arrival we have our files of Deseret News
up to November 2d, and much private correspond-
ence.
Tiie General Conference held in Sajt Lake City,
commencing Oct. titii, was attended by an immense
concourse of people, including lurgo representations
from all parts of die Territory.
There was not so much business of general im-
portance before the Conference as on former occa-
sions, hut die three days of its continuance was oc-
cupied more in important instructions from the Presi-
dency and others, wlrich are reported in tKe Deseret
News, and to which we will treat our readers more
fully hereafter. We give in this week’s issue a con-
densed report of the Conference aud other items
from the News.
/ .
GoV Young and suite had completed S-o tour
through die southern settlements, and hold several
“ talks ’’ with the Indians along the route, giving
them apd also the settlers suoh counsel as was deemed
necesanry to promote and perpetuate friendly rela-
tions between them.
Col. Steptoe, with his command, had gone to Pau
van valley, the place of die slaughter of die lamented
Gunnison and party; probably with a view of calling
to fin account the Indians who committed the on-
slaught.
The Indians were all quiet throughout th« Terri-
tory when the mail left.
Ffom private sources we learn that some of the
solcfiers required very close watching to keep them
out of miscliief, but die conduct of their officers was
very commendable. A few robberies and liberties
taker! • Vith females are referred to. Among the
former we would mention the robbery of Hon. O.
Hydes’ house, of clothing, jewelry and other valua-
bles, but the rogues were overheard, and fled, leav-
ing behind them their chief prize, viz : a trunk con-
taining $3,000 cash.
The sugar works were nearly completed, and
-would be ready for operations in about six weeks.
The weather had been good, and the fall season
excellent for business, aud improvements were going
on finely in the valley ; but the surrounding moun-
tains were white with snow, and the black clouds
were emptying their contents upon them when the
mail left 1 .
Hon. I. C. Haight writes from Iron county, that
the new furnace of the Deseret Iron Company was
completed with u supply of coke oveift and other im-
portant improvements which die company have been
making
From tho City Press.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Dec., 18. — Senate — Mr. John-
to Mr. Borland, appeared, and was
lions of the President . message were
ropriate committees,
reported a bill to increase the effi-
'• He said he would call
Washington,
son successor
sworn in. Po
referred to api
- Mr. Shields
ciency of die army,
an early day.
The Semite took
it up at
, up the bill establishing the de-
| partment of law in the office of the Attorney Gen-
eral. ; . .
Mr. Adams proposed several amendments, which
were agreed, to, and the hill was postponed.
The hill establishing a board of commissioners to
examine and adjust private claims against the U. S.
was taken up.
Mr. Broadhead addressed the Senate in explana-
tion and support of the bill.
Mr. Hunter favored an independent aud open
court, rather than Commissioners, who would be as
removable;
Mr. Pettit proposed referring the whole subject to
die Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee thought diis die most
important hill over before Congress, and moved its
reference to a Select committee of five, to be appoin-
ted by the chair. The hill was then referred to a
select committee.
The Dekalb bill appropriates a little over $68,000.
House. — Mr. Robbins offered a resolution in-
structing die Committee gf Naval Affairs to inquire
into the expediency of placing the officers and men
who served during the Mexican war, on tiie same
fooling as to Bounty land and exnra pay, &c., as
those who served in the Pacific during die same
period.
Adopted. :
mr T « e militor y Academy was under consideration.
Barry devoted an hour's speech to condemnation
of the Kno,v-Nothing movements and purposes, and
stigmatising it not only as illegal, but as a combina-
tion to take away die rights of citizens. It was, in
resign me government into her hands, but sustain
with honor -and dignity the position you are called to
enjoy. Be not austere and tyrannical, harsh and
cruel, for He who has given her unto you is her
Father, and He will listen unto her compluint, and
unless you repent and reform she may be taken from
you and given to one more worthy of her. Do you
aspire to be the saviour of your wives? Then learn,
brethren, to save yourselves. If you would have
your wives obedient to you, learu to be obedient to
those men who are placed over you. If you would
be honored by your wives, be temperate in your
words and deeds, and prove to them by your wisdom,
integrity, and righteousness, diat you are worthy of
their ’love aud confidence, and your wives will feel
satisfied that you are the men to lead them to celes-
tial glory.
To wives : honor and obey jtpur husbands us your
future presidents 'on earth, and your future repre-
sentatives in heaven, and your husbands, if good men,
will bless and honor you ; hut if they curse nnd swear,
and take the name of the Lord in vain, and give
themselves to drunkenness, whoredoms, and other-
wise defile themselves, then love them as you would
a viper, and honor them os you would the devil.
To parents: The Lord lias given to your care an
important charge. Your children are an heritage and
THE WEATHER.
Winter is upon us. On Monday evening, the
18th, about three inches snow fell in this city, nnd
the weather since continuing cool and dry, we have
what we call beautiful winter woather, and the
streets of St. Louis presents a favorable contrast to
their usual appearance at this season of the year,
having been all the full so dry ns to make artificial
watering necessary until within one week past.
commence
operations again in a few days.
Mills and other improvements were going ahead
rapidjly in that part of the Territory, although, as lie
say8,;the “ yellow fever ’’ was about to carry off from
Cedar City a few families, who wish to exchange
that ^ouutry of iron for a land of gold. We are
greafsy mistaken, or else when they try the realities
ol' life in California they will rue their bargain.
Mv. C, A. Kinkend arrived in this city on Satur-
day evening last, having so far recovored from his
wounds as to be able to complete his journey, though
he still is suffering considerably from them, and
looks-much enfeebled. He contradicts tha previous
report that the outward bound mail for November
hud stopped at Laramie, nnd further adds, that the
mail for December, which returned to Indepenence,
had again started, and both would go through to Salt
Lake if -possible.
^To all to whom this Letter shall Com it:
.Know that the bearer, Erastus Snow, one of the
Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, is in full faith and fellowship with
, the same, and has, by the authorities of said church
aud the vote of the General Conference, assembled
in this city on the 8th day of April, A. D. 1854,
been duly appointed a mission to St. Louis, iu the
State of ■ Missouri, to take the Presidency of the
Church- ifi that city, and establish it as a gathering
place for Saints. He will receive and take care
of all Saints who shall arrive under his Presidency ;
counseling them as to their locations and pursuits as
he shall be led by the Holy Ghost, and take the over-
sight and: superintend the further gathering of all
such as ate able, and who may be deemed worthy to
swell die numbers in Deseret ; he has authority in
his mission to receive donations and collect tithing
for and- on behalf of said church, and he is hereby
appointed ag'ent for mid church, to make such a dis-
position of mid funds, and to transact all such busi-
ness Sit may be required of him from time to time.
We now invite all men to give diligent heed to his
. leeching* and counsels n a servant of God, sent to
with their “ peculiar iustitmiou.” That there will
he no legal interference, is, we drink, very clear.
Iu the first place, it is not at all likely that Congress
will pass any law suppressing polygamy. In the
next place, no such law can be expected from die
Legislature of Utah. Governor Steptoe may, and
probably will feel bound to recommend such a law,
hut it is not conceivable that the Assembly of Utah
would heed his recommendation. We think the
Mormons are, for various reasons, disposed to con-
duct diemselves as good citizens ; and that, there-
fore, no trouble need be apprehended from them,
unless there is some illegal interference with polyga-
my, or some unjust and wanton molestations on other
accounts, to the injury of the Mormons.
We all know dial the Mormons are an industrious
people ; that they consume a large amount of goods,
besides several re-baptisms and much inquiry after
the principles of die Latter-day Saints. Lluch in-
terest is manifested by the Elders and Saints in gen-
eral to roll forth the work of the Lord according to
the ability given them.
Brediren and sisters keep yourselves pure in the
sight of the Lord ; pray much that the light of tli«
Holy Spirit may abide with you forever; be kind,
and prove yourselves true to each other, and the
spirit of peace will be with you forever. Amen. I
MILO ANDRUS. A,
God will bring thee into judgment.
We will now present you with another view of
the subject, drawn from the ancient Nephites, who
once lived upon this land. There were among them
two thousand young men, who had received what
we will venture to call a model education, which give
them the strength of lions and the power of Gods.
The prophet Heoman says : “ Now they had not
fought, yet they did not fear death ; and they did
think more upon tiie liberties of their lathers than
they did upon their own lives ; j ea, they had been
taught by their mother that if they did not doubt God
would deliver them ; and they rehearsed unto me the
words of their mother, saying: 'We do not doubt our
mothers knew it,’ * * * And I with my two
thousand did surround the Laminites, and did slay
them ; yea, inasmuch as they were compelled to de-
liver up their weapons of war, and also themselves
as prisoners of war. * • • And now it
Paris, Nov. 20.— -Lord Palmerston and Louis
Napoleon have been almost inseparble since the for-
mer allighted from the Hotel Windsor. Their in-
terview have resulted in a decision to unfurl the
banner of Polish, Hungarian and Italian nationality,
if Prussia and Austria hesitate longer to declare un-
equivocally against the Czar.
Mr. Roes, one of the leaders of the Cherokee Na-
tion, has arrived in Washington for the purpose of
disposing to the Government a body of 800,000 acres
came
to pass that when they had surrendered themselves
behold, I numbered those young aea who had
disposing to tne uovernmenta body of 800,
of land which tout nation owns In Kansas,
ST. LOUIS LUMINARY— SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1854.
".tvt — -: r_— , —■'■a- . sj. , t =s=
otlwr works of defence, and the repair of barracks
audjifoiarter^for (he same period.
• • Hedi bills Were referred- to Committee of the Whole
on the stale of the Union. House went into Com-
ftiitteo of the Whole to transact business pertaining
to iW District of Columbia.
Various biDs relating die District of Columbia
Were t ousidered, but none finally acted on.
Mt. Bayly, of Virginia, gave notice of his inten-
tion (0 move taking up the French Spoliation bill on
the 10th of January next. Adjourned.
December 21 . -“-Senate — M r. Slidell reported a |
petition in favor of Americans abroad being privi-
li ged to worship and marry and burry their dead
th cording to the dictates of their own consciences.
Stuart presented a bill to improve harbors.
Referred to Committee on Commerce.
Ms*- Foote introduced a bill for finishing the break-
wate- on Lake Champlain.
Hoestr-Ou motion of Mr. Stanton of Tennessee,
the (Committee on the Judiciary were instructed to
inquire whether further legislation is uecessury for
the better protection of officers of the United States,
and other persons engaged in the execution of the
laws thereof, and report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Maty introduced bills for the completion of
ceilaiiji public works, heretofore commenced, in Wis-
consin Referred to Committee on Commerce.
No left hands were raised.
Voting for the authorities was followed by instruc-
suruc lions from President Brigham Young, and IjUr
der Daniel Card’s account of his mission.
Chanting by the choir.
Benediction by President Grant.
Two p. a. — Singing by the choir. Prayer by
Resident Fullmer. Singing.
Elder Orson Pratt and President Grant addressed
the congregation. (
Chanting by the choir.
Benediction by President Joseph Y otuig.
Six p. m. — Prayer by Bishop Woolley.
President Brigham Young- instructed the bishops
AH ESSAY FOR YOUNG LADIBS
‘ - - IT COl*. JOHNSON.
I have written many articles intended for the
benefit and improvement of inen, in the various re-
lations of life, but rarely have I devoted my pen to
the use of the todies. Should I do it this once, I
hope the scorn and Crown of the fair creatures, for
whom I concern myBelf, will not be cast upon me
tion. But their power over the little word wo car- Maiden of Britain, listen to what I sty! If you- -.
ries omnipotence with it, for the purposes of my can combine in your httsbfcrid sobriety, industry, good.. .
proposition. The chief reason why so many impro- s® nse > moral honesty, ane w sincere affection toward
vident and impless matches are contracted by young Y® 11 ' Y 08 re* doing infinitely better than catering for
ladies, is', that they employ wliim and fancy instead *uuk, a gilded coach , arid a stately mansion, whero, ,
of judgment and reason in- directing their choice, perhaps, coldness, negWF and blasted hopes, may
Take a familiar example. A laced coat and a be your portion. *
brilliant shoulder knot, on a young subaltern in the Finally, ladies, farewel l God bless you — re-
army, have more charms for many female fancies member what I have toldyou, and act accordingly.
for attempting to give them good advice. Of course, I than sterling sense, pure principles, industrious hab- 1 —[Lloyd b Sunday fimt s.
President Brigham Young- instructed the bishops
and their counsellors, and the elders in Israel, fol-
lowed by Bishop Hunter, Elder Hyde, President
Grant, and Bishop Woolley.
Benediction by Bishop Woolley.
Sunday, Oct. 8, seven a. m. — T he Seventies met
I do not intend to lecture “old” ladies, or those who its, and constancy of affection, in a citizen with plain - ■■•■.sfc »
have husbands to counsel them ; for, in the first place, clothes. Sometimes a successful young tragedian, 1 **98 Um> m»rot How*, octotxr it.
old ladies are general ‘‘lecturers" themselves, requir- or even a comic actor, if he be dressed in prinoely Governor Young or a Tour to Mnnti
ing no one to instruct tliem; they know quite too robes and sparkle with brilliants, captivates the whole Many rumors having Reached hero lately con-
much niranrit, 'in . . 1 . 1 . ~ - j i .- ui r , . ,, . oernnig the unwise conduct ot some tool ish Indiana
much already. 1 hen, as to teaching married ladies, assemblage of young women ; and they would leave in Utah, Juab, and Smi*Pete counties, Governor
it might be considered os obtruding into the domes- their home and follow him to the world’s end, but Young, Ex-offic’io Superift$fendet)t of Indian uftairs,
tic relations — usurping tho prerogatives of the lord for parental restraint. These giddy creatures unread accompanied by Presidents Kimball and Grant;
and master himself, to attempt to counsel his wife, in the lessons of worldly wisdom, and forgetting that Llder Hyde, Smith, und.ly. Snow, ol tho Twelve ;
This brings me back to die young ladies — the sweet “all is not gold that glitters,” transfer the morulitv aud a f e V otb0V8 ’ tlii^nity on die 10th inst., to
Anwar., amt o-omo ii,^ r .„,w ..let C ..1 ; . . . , “ , , y coimsel the oilmens in those counties, and have a
(lowers and gems of the creation, wluoh I had m and genius of the author to the player, and foiget talk with the few Indinnlwho are raising slight
my eye when 1 took up my pen. font the latter may be steeped to the eyes in moral disturbances. Ifrom Mr^Hambleton, the mail oar-
With all tho rapturous oconiums lavished on the depravity, and have nothing left to bestow upon any r * er 10 Mauti, we liiuru thf4 lie met die party all well
youthful fair, by painter, novelist, and poet — with all one, but die gross passion of a corrupt and hollow !, Summit Creek; that^they expected to leave
die admitted grace and refinement inherent in the heart. But of all mysteries, die most mysterious in here™’.™ '.fShh ^
softer sex, or flowing out spontaneously from die del- die. » ayward fancies of the sex, is that displayed in ; - * T $*£_
icacy and kindness in their nature, it must be ad- die ahoicc of a rake by professien, over on honest 1 The Indians West ofTooelb.— T he report tliut
mined that the condition of women, and especially farmer or tradesman. I have often heard females die Indians had molested rfie emigrants on the new
dioae who have not yet come to their good fortune— justify this absurdity, by alleging, that “a reformed route t0 C ^ r80B i Vall ey, a^se from four, of a compa-
the arms of a faithful, protecting hushand-is much rake made the very best husband.” Poor deluded W* jS} ht . a .‘ -*"2? ,$# loo) <« d
i mi.. ...iMni.i , .i, .1 . f : * , * ,UDUUUU - r-oor, ueiuueu, suspicious to their lgnoratKe of the Indian language
lew tumble than dial of young men. trusting ones-do diey know dint their argument and customs. Several companies have lately pnssed
Mr; Zolliekoffer introduced u hill regulating the
rights of stiHrirge in the Territories of die United
Suae# Referred to Committee on Territories.
. c.i I II
IPisnUaiuflus.
Minutes of the General Conforenoo of the Church
of Jeaun Christ of Latter Day Saints, held in
the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, com-
mencing Friday. October 6, 1854, at ten A. M.
President Brigham Young presiding.
In foe Stand— Presidents B. Young, H. C. Kim-
ball, J. M. Grant.
Of the Twelve Apostles— O. Hyde, G. A. Smith,
L. Snow, W. Woodruff, O. Pratt, E. T. Benson.
Seventies— Joseph Young, L. W. Hancock, Z.
Pulsipher, A. P. Rockwood, H. Herriinun.
High Pijiesls Quorum, David Pettigrew.
Residing Bishop, Edward Hunter.
P, pudency of the Stake — D. Fullner, T. Rhoads.
P. H. Y'onng.
Clerk of the Conference, Thomas Bullock.
Reporter, Geo. B. Wau.
Singing by the choir. Prayer by Phineos H.
Young. Singing.
The congregation was addressed by Elders P. H.
Young, E. T. Thompson, Orson Hyde, nud Presi-
dent Brigham Young.
Choir sung a hymn.
Elder Hyde gave out an appointment for a
lecture this evening on matriage relations, and for
the bishops to meet in general conference to-morrow
evening, and pronounced the benediction.
Two p. m. — C hoir chanted a piece of sacred mu-
sic and sung a hymn. Prayer by Elder G. A.
Smith,' Singing. ! ' . E
Elders G. A. Smith, T. D. Brown, and President
H. C. Kimball addressed the congregation.
Chaunting by the choir.
Benediction by Elder Hyde.
to eousult upon finishing fire hall, for the benefit of Tllia brin R s me ^ 10 '*•« y°ung ladiet— the sweet
the quorums, and to hear the report of President flowers and gems of the creation, whioh I had in
Joseph Young. . , my eye when I took up my pen.
T. . ■ T . 7 * ... . Wifil all fito rapturous oconiums lavished on the
len a. m. — tabernacle crowded. Chou sung a , ■ , . , . . „
hymn. Prayer by Elder Lorenzo Snow. Chant- > outhfulftur ' by painter, novelist, and poet— with all
ing by die choir. die admitted grace and refinement inherent in the
Elite '
by Elder \\ . W. Pholphs; and, at the same time, a icacy aud kindness in their nature, it must he ad-
much forger congregation assembled at fire north mitted lhat condilion of women, and especiaUy
end of the building, were addressed by Elder G. A. ' cajwe.ouy
Smith and Bishop Woolley. ,ll08e who not Y® 1 “ m ® to dieir gootl fortune—
Upou proposition from President Brigham Young, tile armB ®f “ faithiul, protecting husband — is much
the congregation adjourned to meet in the afternoon . Ives enviable than tliat of young men.
at file north end of the tabernacle, where seats had Flirtation and the vain pursuit of empty pleasure,
Chouchid, « We praise thee, O God.” ^'beUrndrog it remains an abiding fact that wo-
Benediction by Elder Woodruff. man s chief glory is m the domestic circle. It is
there, and there only, sho receives the best impres-
Two p. m. — An immense congregation were com- s *on of her refined morality, her kindness, her suav-
lortably seated in the open air. iiy liar gentleness, her patient endurance, her 'be-
a«s-WS:2iA;KLE: f-T t Z y ; f tr -*
le d adorn the cultivated leinule oharaeter, and constitute
It being the recurriug time for administering the her P re - e,,uueuU y ^ household goddess. Man
sacrament, Bishop L. D. Young asked a blessing ln “Y tanuslt his fame by youthful follies, and bright-
upon the bread, and Bishop Isaac Hill asked a bless- en it again ; woman never. Man may go forth into
ing upon the water. While the emblems were be- the rugged paths of life, struggleVviik his asperities,
tat ■»> ““i- * * ff ™ »•
audience as it were spell-bound. a 8 e 1 woman ls unfitted by her very nature to grap-
Elder Lyman Curtis was appointed and voted to P^ e with these hardships ; and her heart pines for a
go on a mission, in connection with Elder Rufus peaceful fireside —
or Hyde spoke inside the tabernacle, followed softer sex, or flowing out spontaneously from file del-
Frdjj tho Dtsimi Hem, October t*.
Governor Young op a Tour to Monti.
Many rumohi having reached hero lately con-
cerning thp unwise conduct of some foolish Indians
in Utah, Juab,, and SaiiJfPete Counties, Governor
Young, Ex-officio Superintendent of Indian afinira,
accompanied by Presidents Kimball and Grant;
Elder Hyde, Smith, andsfo. Snow, of the Twelve ;
and a low othots, left tliis aily on die 10th inst., to
counsel the citizens in tj&se counties, and have a
talk with t$e few Indian^ who are raising slight
disturbances. From Mr^itunbleton, the mail car-
rier to Ma»ti, we lduru the; lie met the party oil well
at Summit Creek; thatythey expected to leave
Munti, on their return, ohUlie 17th mat., and would
probably arrive here on ti ts 20th or 21st.
The IxAiaxs West op Tooele.— The report thut
the Indians had molested the emigrants on the new
Allen, and to be under the direction of Elder Parley
P. Pratt.
On motion of Elder Hyde, it was unanimously
voted that all the members of this church, who go
out on the roads to trade, or who go to California, or
any other place outside of this Territory, without
being sent, or counseled to do so, be cut off from the
church.
On motion, conference ndjourned to meet in the
tabernac e, at 10 a. m, on the 6th of April, 1855.
The choir sung, ' The Spirit of God like a fire
is burning.”
Benediction by President H. C. Kimball.
“ Man may for wealth ami glory roam ;
But woman must be blest at home.”
Thus circumstanced, it is natural, and to be sup-
posed, that- the young lady looks forward to file mat-
supposes a “rari avis," if not an anomaly in nature ?
Confiding and credulous fair one! if thou canst
catch such a mythological animal as a “reformed
rake,” out of the preoinots of the novel-books, I con-
jure thee to bring him to me, that 1 may see one
before I die, and I’ll pay tliee Ids weight in Califor-
nian gold, and exhibit liim over Christendom as a
living curiosity. Thou wouldst marry a rake, eh 1
for the pleasure and triumph of reforming 1dm?
Stop, lovely maid ! I stand up here and forbid the
banns ! He is already a married man, and it would
| be polludon in thee to fall into his embrace. He is
married to his glass, to the dice, to the cards — mar-
ried to idleness, profligacy, and wantonness — mar-
ried to baseness, crime and villiany — to the drunk-
ard's grave, and the memorial of infamy ! Thou,
the lineal daughter of her, who in Eden’s bowers
was beguiled by the syren seduction of the wily
tempter, I warn thee to fly the second temptation,
and customs. Several companies have lately passed
on by that route, and authentic acdountn, of more re-
cent dates than all the ruMbra, state that the Indians-
hnve acted, as guides witfi; invariable skill and good
faith, and Have without i^ccopupn, been extremely
friendly. V
1
CABUAttiES. — On thirl' 13th inst., Bro. Charles
Kaighin was thrown from a load oi wood, whioh he
was hauling out of North Mill Creek Kanyou, about
lufif a mile above file uiilf*niul died in about fifteen
minutes. Bro. Kaighin ^as from the Isle of Mon.
We are informed 0#;, on the same day, one of
the soldiers; of the goverl inent party, now on their
way to Fillmore City, pile red over his horse’s head
into one of the deep springs just this side of Jordan
Kanyon, and was arowneJ. ^
— r —
Weathba — Frost first nipped vines and other
tender vegetation on the 15th inst Nights cool,
days oiear, still, and vervpleasont ; making breath-
ing a real luxury, and atlffiding up excellent time to
close up field work, get wood, etc.
c f if possible more fearful than the first, as breathing
nmonial connecuon, as the great tumuig-ponit of r T r , , „ , ’ 8
. . . , . . . , , . , from the false and polluted lips of the confirmed
her earthly being ; and though she may look with . ^ ,,, ,,
atw) anmotimoa J ^ Hl8 Persuasions, if listened to, will lead thee
Six p, m. — S inging. Prayer by Elder O. Pratt.
Singing.
Elder Hyde spoke on “ marriage relations,” fol-
lowed by President Brigham Y’oung 1 with remarks
on the first eight verses of the third chapter of Tim-
othy.
Singing. Benediction by President Brigham
Young.
Saturday, Oct. 7, ten a. m. — Singing by the choir.
Prayer by Elder James Brown. Singing.
Elder James Brown gave a brief account of his
mission, after which
Presideut Bliglium Y’oung took up file business of
the conference, and asked the congregation if iliey
were satisfied with him ns President of the Church
ol Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; if so, to sig-
uify it by raising their right hands, which was done
unanimously.
He then presented Herbert C. Kimball as his first
counsellor,, and Jedediah M. Grant n» his second
counsellor ;
Orspn Hyde as president or the quorum ol' the
twelve apostles, and Parley P. Pratt, Orson Pratt,
Wilford AVoodruff, John Taylor, George A. Smith,
Amusa Lyman, Ezra T. Benson, Charles C. Rich,
Lorenzo Suow, Erastus Snow, uud Franklin D.
Richards, as members of said quorum ;
Jolui Smith, eldest son of Hyrum, as presiding
patriarch in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints ; -
David Pettigrew, as president of the high priests’
quorum,' pud Reynolds Cahoon and G. B. Wallace
us his counsellors;
Joseph Young, Levi W. Hancock, Henry Herri-
tuun, /.thru Pulsipher, Albert P. Rockwood, and
Kossuth's opinion on the Ohige of Sebastopol.
When file seige of Sebastopol was first proposed,
Kossuth expressed file following decided opinion on
the subject, which seems quite likely to be realized.
“ To tako an intrenched camp, linked by terrible
fortresses, and an army for a garrison in it, and new
armies pouring in on your flank and rear, and you
on the plains of the Crimea, with also no cavalry to
resist them, is on undertaking, to succeed in, which
more forces are required, than France and England
can ever unite in that quarter for such an aim. Ask
about it whichever staff officer has learned some-
thing about tactics and strategy. In that position is
Sebastopol. Thanks to your Austrian alliance,
which having interposed herself between you and
your enemy in WaUnqhia, mude the Czar free to
send such numbers to Sebastopol as he likes.”
“ You will be beaten, remember my word! Your
braves will fall in vnin tmder Russian bullets and
the Crimea air, os the Russians fell under Turkish
bullets and Danuhian fever. Not one out of five of
your braves immolated in vain shall see Albion or
Gallia again. But 1 will tell you in what manner
Sebastopol is to be taken. It is at Warsaw that you
can take Sebastopol.”
BATTLE OF INKER MAN.
The New York papers are freighted with the de*
her earthly being ; and though she may look with
hope, and sometimes with impatience’ at delay, she
cannot, as a rational being, be otherwise than deeply
concerned in the choice she may make. It may be
stated, then, that woman’s future prospects, her weal
or woe, her happiness or misery, her continued life
as a boon or withering curse, all depend upon the
choice of a companion. If young ladies were beings
of reflection, rather than of impulse — if they reason-
ed ns profoundly as they love ardently, I am per-
suaded that many of them would pause, and start
back from the vortex into which they were about to
plunge themselves, by making this choice too pre-
cipitately, and especially by making it on a totally
false estimate of character in the hardier sex. But
I will treat of this by and by. Having assumed the
mentor of the youthful fair, I must be a little logical
in throwing out my instructions ; so that they shall
be remembered and acted upon, item by item, in or-
der to retain their happy results.
And, first, let the young lady who thinks of mat-
rimony — and what sensible young lady does not ? —
“ qualify herself, or become qualified by others; for
that important relation. How many of my fair
readers huve considered this ? — considered that they
were entering upon a most important employment
for life^and how necessary was initiatory qualifica-
tion for that employment, and comfort and enjoyment
in it ! My fair reader, you will not employ a dress-
maker to make you a dress, a milliner to do up your
cap, unless they have served an apprenticeship at
their respective callings. How much less will a sen-
Prrti- iho Dewm New*, .Qtlobtr SO.
Tour tl Mantl.
Governor Young and suit returned on the 18th
inst., having been abseiU eight days on a trip to
Mauti and the intervening! settlements. Talks were
held with tlie Indians on the route, who, with a few
to the hovel of poverty, to pining solitude, without mst., having been abseni eight days on a trip to
garments to warm, bread to sustain, or light to cheer the intervenin^settlements. Talks were
b . , . held with the Indians on file route, who, with a few
thee in thy living tomb. They will strip thee ot exceptions, manifested friendly feelings, knd a strong
thy bloom of youth and health, unbind thy shining desire for the continuance of peaceful relations. —
hair, haug it all dishevelled about thy haggard brow, Much counsel and instruction on the policy to pursue
dim thy eyes with tears, wring sighs and groans
from thy agitated bosom, lay thee a blighted and an
early victim in the narrow house of death, and fix
an indelible stain of infamy on thy beloved offspring!
Thou turnest pale, young and inexperienced one,
and tremblest with fearful apprehension, aB well
thou mayest, at the truthful picture I have just
drawn; and thou comest to me, an old one, to in-
quire what thou must do in the nutter of thy choice.
Thou hast done well to fly from the rake and come
with our red neighbors, tod on other matters, was
given to the inhabitants each settlement.
The notorious Washer, or Squash-head, told
Gov. Young, “ that he ha ) been mad, and had acted
foolishly, but had got avtj't it now, and would do
better ; and, as he was v ay- poor, if he would give
him a blanket, he would \go out hunting and get hie
living honestly.” The Governor overlooked Squash-
lipad s past folly, and gqye him a blanket ; being
well aware that, as we Ip ve been twenty-four yean
in severe drill to learn what we know, we should be
very lenient to tire natives, who have to start from a
to me. Trust in Almighty goodqess. and heed ray P° sit ‘ 0n8 °/ ar below the Vantage ground we had at
counsel, and thou ahalt outride the storms of earlv t * ,< Lb e R inD ' ,, ff- & :
u ■> The eomminv were fiffored with Invnlv n-,.»ik.r
patriarch in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter fii‘‘ Russians aud the allies, near Sebastopol. It was
Day Safijis ; - a murderous encounter, but “ glorious ( as the
David ^Pettigrew, as president of the high priests’ phrase is) for the British. The Russiaus came at
quorum, and Reynolds Cahoon and G. B. Wallace *licm some sixty thousand strong; the British mus-
us his counsellors ; tering only eight thousand. After a terrible conflict,
Joseph Y'oimg, Levi W. Hancock, Henry Herri- six thousand French having rushed to the support of
mail, Pulsipher, Albert P. Rockwood, aud their ally, the Russians retreated. Sixteen hundred
Benjamin L. Clapp, as president cf the seventies, French, near three thousand British, and fifteen
and they were all unanimously sustained. thousand Russians, were put hors dv combat. Acts
He thefo nominated Horace Eldredge to take the of cruelty — such as, by the military code, are ac-
pla*£ of efedediah M. Grant, as one % of file seveu pre- counted murder — are charged on the Russians. It
sidents <3* the seventies, which was unanimously is said they bayoneted the wounded aud the dead;
voted. and thnt such barbarities are pleasing to the Russian
He thjjn presented John Nebeker as president of General-in-Chief, the priests and the Czar. At any
me eldera' quorum, uud Janies H. Smith and Aaron ntto, two Russian majors were igiiominiously hung
Srevn as his counsellors; after being captured by the allies, on the ground
tails of the bloody battle of November 5th, between stole young mail, and especially if he depend upon
business for support, employ you for life, at the most
passion and folly, and glide safely into the matrimo- enjoyed the trip much, a
nial haven of security and happiness. 1st, Never and benefitted by the .vis
spend five minutes with any man in private conver-
sation, unless you knqw him to possess temperance, v Melancholy Acclr
industry, upright moral principle, common sense, Hmsfobionfk.ajac!
and religious tendencies. 2d, Never entertain a touch the teeth of the sa
proposal of marriage from any one, until you have bis hands like lightning
better evidence tliat he loves you than his verbal ® rot b®r Bingham Bemei
declarations. No; you must collect that evidence ^ r ,? n [’ P a8 ?' u 8 across his
r . , , , , , . „ all the help fimt medical
from a tiinerous, bashful carnage, a hesitancy of B ro. Beraent failed rapi
manner, a taciturnity, a deep, thoughtful silence, ing of the 28d inst. H<
and a profound respect shown towards you, rather In him, our community h
than from any words whatever. If the proposal be industrious, intelligent ai
made in a bantering way — made with boldness aud Cai iforni \ B lti
sang froid, or made with great plausibility of speech, Govenmr YbuncW
The company were ftffored with lovely weather,
enjoyed the trip much, at 1 aH parties were gratified
and benefitted ny the .viaR;
Melancholy Accident. — W hile tending Gov.
Y’oung’s large circular sa*’, the man who carried off
the slabs ond hoards, accidentally let a loose board
touch the teeth of the saw, when it was hurled from
his hands like lightning, &nd the end of it struck
Brother Bingham Bemenf on his left side, and in
front, passing across his bowels. Notwithstanding
all the help that medical tod other skill could afford,
Bro. Bement failed rapiJSy, tod died on the morn-
ing of the 28d inst. He? was about 36 years old.
In him, our community hiis suffered the loss ot an
industrious, intelligent ajjrl faithful! saint.
! ..rase is j mr me onusn i ne missions came at fema , ^ . t0 ide „ mj8tre8S in hig hou8eho i d>
them some sixty thousand strong; the British mus- ... , , , , ,
tering only eight thousand. After a terrible conflict, and ln8lruct those l,ttle lmraortala who are ,0 bear
six thousand French having rushed to the support of U P bis name, his fame, and Ins house in the future,
UUaiUVOO IVJ .'MLIJ/V/l V | VUIUIVJ JWM 1VI IIIV.I Ul IUL utuoi - , . . . , ,
important vocation ever engaging the attention of . e e < *' utlon ' orratl * y oat is an aw u vows—
females, viz : to preside as mistress in his household, ua ' e * e cnil1 P tul Y ® sue i an one uistan y. He
and instruct those little immortals who are to bear ° Ve8 T' and 1 ll ‘ 8 “ a delu810n ^ a
nn his ™ his fame, and hi« hm.se in the furore. he ' <* d - Never obtrude yourself upon the atten-
unless you have learned the business of your posi-
tion?
lions of any living mam It is the worst way possi-
Californ'ia. — B y letters froih Elder P. P. Pratt
to Governor Young and Elder G. A. Smith, dated
at Son Franoisco, August 23d, we learn the -follow-
ing:
Elder Pratt and all the Elders who went from
here with him were ingofid health. Elders George
Q. Catmon, Hawkins, Henry Bigler, and Farrar,
had arrived fYom the Isltnds on their wav to Utah.
Til 1 n n • •» ' . . J
( - — “ — '-■* wvu »»**» w UtUll.
ble to ser\ f e your end. Even if the attentions oi a Elder Badlam is studying the Chinese lamruace, and
l i i a ^ .. ^ i
Bu,, TOU „k, ho,v »
Edward Hunter ns presiding bisliop of the cliurch;
Lewis YVight as president of the priests’ quorum,
aud George Dockstuder and Win. Whiting us bis
counsellors ;.
McGee Harris as president of the teachers’ quo-
nun, and Adam Spiers and Reuben Perkins as his
counsellors;
Brigham Young as Trustee in Trust for the Church
ol Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints;
Daniel H. Wells as superintendant of public
works, uud Truman O. Angell as architect for the
church; and they were’nll unanimously sustained.
He then presented Brigham Young as president
ol the perpetual emigrating fund to gather the Door,
tod H. C. Kimball. W. Woodrufi’, O. Hyde, G. A.
Smith. E- T. Benson. J. M. Grant, D. H. Wells,
Edward Hunter, Daniel Spencer, Thomas Bullock,
John Brown, William Crosby, A. Lyman, C. C.
Rich, Lorenzo D. Young, P. P. Pratt, O. Pratt, F.
D. Richards, and Daniel McLmosh, as his assistants
and ugenffi for said fund, and asked if any of file
brethren knew of any objection to the men just
numed ; it so, to signify it ; no objection being man-
ifested, they were unanimously sustained.
tliut they had been
like these moak our
ilty of such uttrociiies.
You say that you have passed through the boarding
school, can read “ Telemachns ” in French, play on
tlie piano, thrum the guitar a little, paint the butter-
fly’s wing, and dance the polka — are not these
enough ? Innocent one ! I will not rebuke tliee for
acquiring these elegant accomplishments, for thy
sted civilization ; and, if imi- aspiring mother thought them genteel and fashiona-
lated, would generate habits consistent only with an
age of barbarism. Ohe account says, “ the Russians
fought like devils." in truth, tlie scene at Inkerman
on thnt day must bare presented as vivid an image
of hell, ns was ever seen on earth.
Large Fire— fit. Louis Rolling Mill Destroyed.
It is with deep regret thnt we record the total de-
struction of file St. Louis Rolling Mill, wifil all the
work-shops, offices tod on' hidings. About noon
on the 18th inst., a stove * t e in the office fell while
the clerks were at dinner, selling fire to the lioiise,
and, before the Humes could be subdued all the buil-
j • _ .1 1*1 • 1 . . % mi
ble; and no doubt she had the best intentions in
putting thee on this course ; but I will put to thee a
few questions, as tests of the sufficieney of such ac-
complishments, to fit thee for the duties of a house-
you, rather retire from him; be a little coy, and
make yourself scarce and rare to him. If he have
the least fancy to you, never fear, he will follow you
up, even to your hiding-place, and when he finds
you, he will estimate tlie interview just in propor-
tion to the difficulties he has encountered in obtain-
ing an interview.
But you complain that no one of precisely your
rank in life, and one that you could love and respect,
seeks particular acquaintance with you. I am aware
the Bpok of
aterest. Bas-
il im; be a little coy and Molmou - 1111(1 <# 0r publications, with interest. I
1 rare to him. If lie have ,neSS wa V ei Y ‘H,! the markets were glutted ;
f , ... r n money afloat ; and many chances to buy go
sver fear, he will follow you cheaper than; in New York. -
Profitable Fabmiho.— Bro. Israel Calkins, of
Payson, "raised on a little leas than one acre of land
belonging to Bishop Cross, the following produce,
this season, viz : 150 bushels of beets, 150 bushels
of potatoes, 30 bushels of onions, 150 good cabbage 1
heads, besides 800 which were destroyed by the
grasshoppers; cucumbers enough for three barrels of
pickles, and quite a quantity of melons, squashes,
lie above is another evidence that a small piece
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, . , * 1 . 1 . . . OUVJ 1 UllW “ K* v » v »«** «VWWV*I W U1L lIVtlOL*
dings on the piemiees were hud inaalies! The „ . . .» ls f . ^ , 4 , .
RoUing Mill was between four and five miles from ,na,d ’ he . r m ^ h , er dut Y ?
steu, tuey were unanimously sustained. some 500 tons : of b^ y sheet and rod ixon, in a fin-
He tha.a presented David Fullner as president of ished state. In the machine shops and furnace buil-
J.. I _ r rj' 1 mi Tit 1 I 1, .. I . . AAA A . * _ —
this stoke oi Zion, and Thos. Rhoades and P. H. ding were over 10
Young as his counsellors; isliing, besides a 1
Hemon Hyde, Eleazer Milter, Phinehas Rich- ipetal.
ards. Levi Jackman, Ira Eldridge, John Vance, The loss is estir
F-dwitt - ^ Woolley, John Parry, Winslow Farr, surance on houses
4V dlitti.. Snow, os members of the high council, and amounts to 81 10,0
they were all unanimously sustained. jf
He then nominated Daniel Cam and Ira Arnes ^
to be members of the high council, in place of Na- ’ f BUTH f ^
thaniel H- Felt and Seth W. Blair, who are absent noth,n ^ “J he,p ’**i
on missions, which was voted unummoualv. u P° n our “P‘ ana
He then presented George A. Smith as the church awale \ ” nereas
historian and general cliurch recorder, who was mttn 8 UttVenUon U I
uuauunously sustained. great many tnofe l
He thyh called for a negative vote, saying, if any — — rfr ■ —
of you have any objection to any man I have named, A Monument
coraplishments, to fit thee for the duties of a house- tbat| 111 dl ‘ s countr y> where emigration, the army and peppers, &c., &c. * D ’ ^
wife, of a motlier, a. guide, and a Christian matron nav Y’ elC- ’ bave drawn off the men, leaving females The above is another evidence that a small piece
to thy offspring. Will a few scraps of French serve more numerous than the other sex, that every fe- ®/ ground, well tilled, gives more jirofit and satisfac-
thy husband and his invited guest with a dinner? mttle cannot oblain a connection worthy of her de- li °“> wilh less labor * th «n the usual mode of skim-
Will the notes qp the piano put all tilings to rights Mrt8 - Beaidea this, society has become so depraved {Kr^uce^ 86 8urface8) ^8 haU ®f
about the house, and make it as clean and tidy, both lbat lnuu Y nien seek for wives just as they do for <
in drawing-room and kitchen, as a newly scoured 81,8108 111 *h e hank to make money out of them; Suoar Beets.— B rother Geo. drainer, of Tooele,**
chum ? Will the butterfly’s wing in picture hush ,bu8 P ervertlll R a sacred institution, and changing it brought in four sugar beets which weighed seventy-
file baby, and prove a pictorial lesson to tlie house- 111,0 d,e grossness of bargain and sale. Bating this two aud balfl pounds; one of them weighing twenty
maid, putting her in the line of her duty? And g ro8S perversion of nature’s laws among match- 8 , . (I , ,
will a swing in the polka teach thy liuie boys geog- 8eekew b Y profession, I stfil have too much faith in acre- ^ ^ 0b ° Ul aVeragC U ‘ * Cr ° P °“ M f “
raphy and arithmetic, and bring them up to tlie house tbe vir ‘ ue ol the middle classes, to suppose the cor- —
of prayer, and placb them ou their knees before ruption general. It is to be hoped that most people Immio*at» 0 N“* Goods.— O n tho 24th inst., Elders
God ? Know thou, young beginner in life’s myste- marr y from tt hi 8 her 811(1 better principle. William Erapy, William Taylor, ond Dorr P .Cur-
ries thou youthful matron, whose thoughts ore now Well now, fair iqaiden, how shall I meet thy dif- Aaron F^wr'^nd^-
on matrimony— that it is from maternal Ups tlie wise Acuity ? Thou hast one of three difficulties to take; jah Ward ca*e in with J. M- Homer & Co.’s sc-
the city, and the fire companies could not reach the Wl11 a swing in the polka teach thy liuie boys geog-
spot in time to render any efficient service — the bud- raphy and arithmetic, and bring them up to tlie house
dings being of .wood, and the flames spreading with 0 f prayer, and placfc them ou their knees before
grqat rapidity. . , God? Know thou, young beginner in life’s myste-
The warehouse whs 100 ft. square, and contained , ., e . , _ , .. , 1
me 500 tons of bar. sheet mid rod iron, in a fin- r,e8 - lhou matIon ’ whose ‘ hou « bt8 aie now
ied stale. In the machine shops and furnace buil- on matrimony— that it is from maternal lips the wise
■ Jf- -M-VM. 1TV«|jll.IlJj IIVV/IIIJ
pounds.
These weib about average in a. crop on half an
ding were over 1000 tons of iron in process of fin- men of the earth . receive their choicest lessons of first, either accept tlie proffers of a good, moral, in-
islung, besides a large quantity of blooms and pig sentimetit, morality and piety. Her gentle word* dustrious man, a little below thy rank ; or, second
metal. rnlltn/r im.m , I, | n nln* nnM /.P .ktlJI 1 , « .. I . .. *1... _ I J . „ _ 1 . . A l , , .
The loss is estimated at over 9150,000. The in-
ranee on houses and stock, chiefly in city offices,
falling upon the tender ears of childhood, make a make up thy mind to a state of single blessedness
deep, indelible, abiding impression, which fixes the
character, the fortune, and destiny of the future man.
Oh ! how important that the mind of the mother be so command their price,
for aye ; or, thirdly, emigrate with some friends lo a
new country, where thy oharms and thy virtue will
Truth is always. consistent with itself, and needs imbued with wisdom and understanding, that those
nothing to help it. |t is always near at hand ; it sits “ gentle words ” be like “ apples of gold in pictures
upon our lips, and i#jeady to drop out before we are of silver ;" so that their instruction shall he as valu-
aware. Whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a able as a recollection of them is lasting.
man s mvenuon upon a trick -, and one tnck needs a m. „ , • . . • , , . . ,
great many more to make it good — Tillotson. ™ be 8econd P° n 10 wblcb 1 0811 alt ®ntion is, the
importance of a rigid choice of a husband. I am
Ehanblin.—A laree renin, &WaIe “ th ». n ““« r ' female8 610 not la
AMonument to Franxlin. — A large granite thav in fiusmatterfemales are not placed in
signify it by rawing the left hand, and then you ean monument to fi^ memory of Benjamin Franklin, a P*" 1 ? of copdmon w,lb men '> the foi mer being
w ^ 1Vll0 A« ®f speaking, and malting known has lately been erected at Mount Auburn, by Mr, debarred by social usage from making proposals,
jfwr objs^gm. ^ ; . ThoftM DowM, of Cambndgs, at his s^ase.
The second alternative I hope thou wilt not adopt,
till thou hast tried the virtue of one or both of the
others. The happiest marriages I have ever known
in England, have been those where a sensible; ami-
able, lady-bred, has come down a shade from her
supposed rank, to throw her education, blandish-
ments, grace and charms around the fireside of an
intelligent, virtuous, prosperous man of business,
who was proud of his wife, and his wife made very
cond train of good, in twenty-seven wagons. Elder
Robert Campbell and company will probably arrive
during this week, and J, M. Homers third and last
train of goods is not far behind them, and their ar-
rival will close our immigration and imports thia
season. Fortunately for the late trains, the weather
coutinues to be extremely mild and pleasant, like
the Indian Summer in the States.
* — i . xr !■ : :
Abbebt op a Burglar. — O n the night of the 1st •
inst., a man named Lewis Sickerman broke into
the house of Mr. J. Handley, of Stanton Macoupin
county, and carried off a gun, a pair of hoots and. a
quantity of money. Mr, Handley immediately start-
ed in pursuit, and overtook the rascal at St. Louis
and had him arrested. He was brought back on
Mrt ntMBing nothing but tht prerogative of n*g*, 1 happy by hia cenwuwy and untiring attention*,
Tuesday evening on the Reindeer, and turned over
to the Sheriff of Macoupin county, till the next
Circuit Court.— [Alton Telegraph,
20 »
m : ■
ST. LOUIS
mill
the vain into the! itekjjtial world. 1 never shall: come
into the presence o£s my Father and God, until I
have received my re^ul^icted body, neither will any
other person ; aijd I doubt whetlier all those who pro-
fess to be Saints; will ever be gathered with the spir-
THB INDIAN'S FAHBWBU.
SV Mas. SARAH B.
Mstttlnks I now hear the foreate Sad moan,
At tho lust Of my r«c», I am standing alone ;
No loved one is left, ae I gaie on the plain,
Where Pv* hunted the deer, or danced o’er tile slaru.
1 bid thee farewell, my own native land,
Where I’ve reigned a proud warrior, the chief of my
band! -
BROWN S CHRISTMAS
ay t. s. amthvr.
. ( Concluded . )
Tho Power of tho Ponoo; A True Manchester JyJ^J
Story any oth
Tho Rev. J. B. Owen, M. A., iof Billston, in the sprain.
_ . 1 •’ TWO I
V'hEAJX'* VOIelifVMr OILLIMMKST it truly a cotobtn-
_ U,*.! remedy . and ha* tlout more to*ll*Vl4ta human suffering than
am* other remedy dUa>vnrcd.
op two Application* will relieve ilia nx*t «wi paiQj brotoa or
course of a lecture delivered- iu the Lkerpool Con*
Two boiili-i will meaiwe, purify. and haalltro (oulwt ulcer at ewe, <
of the just in the spiritual world ; but they will be *e half playful answer.
“A fact I have never yet heard disputed,” was 1 ce ,t Hull, in connection with the Church ut Eug*
Farewell; to thee, now, with thy wavelets of blue,
Thou ewilt rolling stream, where I’ve sailed my canoe;
No more shall I bathe in thy waters eo clear,
Thy munmnre eo sweety no more shall 1 hear.
I go far ewny where the ocean waves swell —
My own native stream, I bid thee farewell.
loft where they fitai> to. The righteous are gallic rs. rc
eted to the spirit world to prepare for the resurrec- °° r _
lion of their bodies. § ■ ; !
1 do not know Ui«i I can talk any plainer. I am "* r - " rou n
speaking as plain as I can to have you understand- WIS * 1 W kee
I do not expect (to be wi8i you forever; neither will
Br- Brigham— in those bodies ; they are nearly worn “ Q&* no
out; they have; stood a long and violent seige, and ^ ren -
will soon go the way of all the earth. Still we may " y® 1
Mrs. Brown sighed, and* let her eyes drop to the
floor. j
“ They seemed to me to feel very right,” added
Mr. Brown. “ You don’t mean to say that they
wish to keep their money instead of giving it to Mrs.
Qh, no, dear,, not that; but they are only chil-
“ So you iQtimated just now,, said Mr. Brown,
FaieweiK, thou lone mount, with thy maotie of snow ;
The Great Spirit formed thee his altar below ;
No mefteion thy side shall I chase the wild deer.
Thy echoes no more shell sound on my ear.
1 leavp feco in eorrow for ecenee that are new;
Once more, thou lone mountain, I bid thje adieu.
live many yeariyet to assist in making permanent 'rith provoking coolness. "I sliould be sorry to
the foundation of Zum, There are thousands of bave d>em n ‘ e “ M women so soon. Yes;’’ be
the foundation of Zion, There are thousands of
good men in the earth who can act in the same ca-
added more seriously, “ they are children — good,
parity we do, after we hive passed through the vail J self-denying children, whose generous sympa-
land institution upon “popular insurance,” relates an
anecdote strikingly illustrative of the power Which
lies iu die hands of the Working men, to promote
their own social comfort and independence, if they
would only exert it. j
A manchester calico printer was, on his wedding
day, persauded by his wife to allow her two half-
pints of ale a day as her share. He rather winced
under the bargain, fer, though a drinker himself, he
would have preferred a perfectly sober wife. They
both worked hard, and her poor man was seldom
out of the public house as soon as the factory' closed.
The wife and husband saw little of each oilier, ex-
cept at breakfast ; but as she kept things neat and
II will heal the aia» ravera bum or *caRI without a *car.
Heavy family tdtdhld bare a *applr constantly on bawl, tor um 1ft Ilia*
or need. •*
Road the following rxtraet of a IcUer. which t* loonatcalablo proof of
ta wonderful efllcaej- :
A blind MAX rksttorhd to siawr. 7 '
J. H. MqLbas— D ear Sir: • • • 1 U»V1 been sotteluf for four
va,p, with rheumatic wteattst- belli* M tlmw altogether blind. I um-
cured the advk»o( several bhyalelwu, but nubuof IhunnxmMdome any
good. Hy tho advlto ol a friend I applied youf “Volcanic Oil LWIinont,”
according to tho direction!, around the bottle, and It has cared nto P*rm»-
nmuy. Ibavo used It since (or bruises, pains, tec., and It bos alnayi
given Immediate relief. I live on the main rood near „
Yours, respectfully, JWM n - ALLHRD.
Jefferson county. Mo. ... . i
Foe horses It Is far superior to any other remedy for curing toluene**,
braises, cuts, old sores, swellings, fce.
We soy, then, to all who may bo suffering fruiu exuraal dueases, call
at once and gel a supply, -thousands of bottle* ora sold (atul used) dally,
and ere have never heard of a case where It hft" tailed In gtvlng r alter
" tS’Por Kile bylTn'. MOM* AX, the pr4pthtor!\c oroet Third add Was
itruttfe St. Loulih Stui by alt re*p<M;tablt' dfAtcn* In iftidlcloto everywhere
I>ec. 2, *54*
GREAT SALE
OF
FALL AND WESTER DRY LOODA
1 leavo tilde, loved spot, for a far distant shore,
To rnako my : 1ost home where the sea billowe roar ;
Thou gr^ve of my fathers, thou dear native home,
A stranger from thoo, henceforth I must roam.
O, tvhy 'does my heart with such wild sorrow swell,
As I biddbee, forever, u mounful farewell l
of death. God cajfc qualify whom he pleases, and
put in them tho sputa of Joseph, and Brigham and
Heber. I
tliics Were bom in heaven- It makes my heart warm tidy about her, and made her stinted and even sel-
whenever I think of what they have done. To-
morrow will be to, them the happiest Christmas ihey
fish allowance for housekepiug meet the demands
upon her, he never complained. -She had her daily
Brethren do keeuW commandments of God, and bav « ® v «r experienced ; for the love that goes out pint, and he, perhaps, had his two or three quarts,
Discourse by President Heber C. Kimball, Tab-
ernaoje, March 19, 1854.
( Continued from last week . )
What <i oes it matter where I am ? I am as ready
live your profession ; and remember if you were os
godly, and as holy - as the angels, the world would
speak against you ajtdseek your destruction. What
has the world lo do with it l Nothing, only as you
associate with A,antj partake of its spirit. Upon the
same principle has 0 man any power over a woman,
to bless others, returns again, laden with double
blessings for the heart from wliich it went forth.
and neither interfered with the dtlieT, except when {
at odd times she succeeded, by dint of one gentle
Mrs. Brown only sighed a response. She felt little artifice or other, to wiu him home an hour or
j TO BG SOLO FOR CASH,
ATVBRY LOW PRICKS,
OCR IJRMK.VBE STOCK OF SOOM,
At No. 142 Third Street,
Preparatory to doling the Store.
j 1: HOBKBT A ORANX*
Dec. a, ’M. ; " . . P 41
DRY «oodsT
that an attempt to make her husband realize what
she did, in regard to the children's true mental
states, would be all m vain, and so she answered !
any further than she will give him power to pollute nothing.
herself and hirq too ? Can the Gentiles turn me to
to go and preach the Gospel as to dwell here, if it is unrighteousness any further than I permit them ? 1
the will a; the Lord and my brethren. I have told mxi an instrument in the hands of God, and it is not'
the merit Yho are about to be sent forth this year,
that they] *31 go with more power and strength than
any lormj t laborers in the vineyard have enjoyed.
This appj as to those who do Tight, and diligently
keep the commandments of God, and love justice
and right .ousness, and do as they are told, refrain-
ing front evil. I soy they will have more power
than forrflsr servants of God according to their light
and knowledge, and the circumstances to which they
will be placed. I prophecy this. A man iff a fool
that -will not prophecy good concerning Israel and
concerning hie own father's house. •
1 told tny brethren when they went from here, and
from thiR ; ti(tie instead of going to. dances, and to the
theatre, snd to parties, to go and fast end pray, and
prophecy- upon the success of their mission.
If you; heart is right, you caunot speak without
speaking what is right. The Spirit of prophecy fore-
sees futui e events. God does not bring to pass a
thing bet| tune you say it shall be so, but because He
designed; it should be so, and it is the future pros-
pects of ,jhc Almighty tlint the prophet foresees.
That ifi ,ijie- way I prophecy ; but 1 have predicted
things I » not foresee, and did not believe anybody
else diiMp- 1 have said it, and it eame to pass, even
more abiQ^antly than I predicted ; and that wns with
regard tqjhe future situation of the people who first
came hurt) this valley. Nearly every man was
dressed ih skins, and we were all poor, destitute and
distressed; yet we all felt well. I said, “it will be
but a lin e while, brethren, before you shall have
food and raiment in abundance, and shall buy it
cheaper 1 ion can be bought in the cities of the Uni-
ted State i.” I did not know there were any Gen-
tiles com; ag here — I never thought of such a thing ;
but after l spoke it I thought 1 must be mistaken
foT me to dictate the power that works through me,
but it is for him to Control roe according to his good
pleasure. 7
Does Br. James'; violin rise up and dictate him 1
No, it is perfectly pessive, permitting him to play any
tune he pleases upon it. Upon the same principle
we should be like Olay in the hands of the potter. It
is not for the clay to dictate the potter, but the potter
dictates the olay, and moulds and fashions it accord-
ing to his own pleasure. Just so God controls Br.
Brigham and every other good man who is dictated
by His Spirit.
Do you ever lie# me get up here and say, “1 am
no preacher, and you must not expect anything from
me i " 1 am in iHfc hands of God, and it is for Him
to speak through nie, or in other words, play a tune
L on me to this people according to His own fancy. 1
am in tire hands of|the Potter, and if I continue faith-
ful He will mhke Hie a vessel unto honor.
I wish you leldefe to apply this illustration to your-
; In a very comfortable self-satisfied state of mind
was Mr. Brown on retiring ion. the night, and as
soon as his bead touched the pillow, he was far ofl'
in the land of dreams. Not so Mrs. Brown ; thoughts
two earlier at night, and now and then to spend an
entire evening in his own house. But these were
rare occasions. They had been married a year, and
on the morning of the wedding anniversary, the
husband looked askance at her neat aiid comely per-
son with some shade of remorse, as he observed :
“ Mary, we’n no had holiday sin’ we were wed,
and only that 1 haven’t a penny, we'd take a jaunt
I WIU. rail all my mock of good* from iht» Oato at plm» raatx <•
cloae oirtTbn rokall ImUnaaa, as I wish 16 turn all tny meant ihtto tba
wholwalo trade, which I bawo wublUhcd an the tho corn«r at Main «d4
WtudilnittoQ Avenue. . _ J , .
rj- Great B.irtfuln* nut) be look*! fur, lo doling out my honvy atoc*.
I nnd examine pow.
Kay. «» >64.
t. w. rroiT.
[I am-1
ST. LOUIS TYPE FOUNDRY
PARER WAREHOUSE,
HntaWl8he4*A. B. 1090.
of the morrow and of her children, undelighted by to the village to see thy mother.'
by u single present from father ot mother, so haunt-
ed her that she could not sleep until long after the
“ Would 'st like to go, John?” asked she softly,
between a smile and a tear, to hear' him speak kind-
hour of midnight. She understood their childish wants |y as in olden times. “If thee’d like to go, Johu,
far tod well to chat herself into the fancy, that they J’H stand treat."
A. P. LADEW Sc CO.,
TYPE FOUNDERS AND DEALERS IN PAPER.
31 unit S3 lArttnai Street, 8t, I.uiila, Mo.,
PltRSS DKPOT— SHARK At.UBY,
would be as happy as if a gift had expressed to them
their parent's love.
“Why, Mary! j Asleep yet? A merry Christ-
mas.’’ Mr. Brown bent over his wife and kissed
Christinas morning ! When before did day dawn
find children sleeping ? When before did the bright
Christmas sun look in through the curtained win-
dows, and smile upon the closed lips of the mother ?
What a strange stillness reigned through fee house,
in which a year before the air rung with childhood's
shouts of joyous laughter. There was in it some-
thing ulinaturai. , ,
her as she awoke. “ I've been up far nearly an
hour. Ah. Maggy, dear ! good u>orning to you. A
“ Thou stand treat ! " said be, with a half sneer.
“ Hast got a fortune, wench?”
“ Nay,” said she," But I'n gotten the pint o’ ale.”
“ Gotten what ?’’ said he.
“ The pint o’ ale ! ” was the reply.
John did not understand her, dll the faithful crea-
ture reached down a stocking from under a loose
INS PRB33K3, HULK, BORDERS, FbOWKIUi, awl ov*ry ouier uruct.
m A*. tauay mule atMIUoii* to their funner aaaortmral
A. P. 1.. a Co.yhavn lately mane oaaiuoiui io tneir iuun.,r
of BOOK, and NEWSPAPER TYPE, ol Matrices uniwrlcri from ‘Jojllam),
suit have now a com|ii,'ti. aeries. Also a now rartra of Ocnitau facet.
aui! have now a complete aeries. Also a now (erica llf “ornull ta'f*-
Tle.y are also tl|i> nuilwthteO aaenle o( the principal Typo Poiuttlrtea In
the llnlle.1 States, and aro prepared to till onlcm selected from any apeol-
TlieyltfepalwayMm handu large supply of XHWS and BOOK. PRINT-
ING PAPER; alio, CAP, I.BTTBHHD, COLORBD, and Xdj'|L|.A
PAPKRS. CARDS aud CARD BO.YRDS, all of which will Iw aold otl tba
PAPERS, CARDS aud CARD BO.YRDS, all of which will bo aoW.on tha
ra Ordera < for l, «^KKOT*PlNtt AND KNORAYINO will bo pro in pity
CX »moni' or Printers wIslilUH to establish a ue'-.|>ap«r or Jot- P‘’ n, ‘ n i *
Omcow will bu hirblihcd With xn iu dctnll for tho t«mc, by »uU-
. a 1 * 1 • J . , I ... UlllriN will ou niroiBUCu ritw an «iini»tv ■» r # ? 7 .7.
brick up the chimney, and counting out her dtuly pint in* tun sue ot iiicjwpcr, or mo particular .i>ie,»iu quantity ot work to im
of ale, in the shape of three hundred and sixty-five c *wut>DTYPB— « large as»rtmeui aiw.ra ou immi.'
selves — if. you have anything to say, say it; and if merry Christmas; darling!”
Brown
you have not, be as quiet as the musical instrument
without the performer, j -
When I went to England first 1 had not much to
pressed his lips to the white forehead of his awaken-
ed little one. f
“ Not a child stirring yet ? ” continued Mr. Brown.
We opened the door to that natton in gfeat •* Why, two hours before this on last Christmas
three pences, (i. e., J£4 ] Is. 2d.,) put it -into his
hand, exclaiming :
“ Thee shall have the holiduy, John."
John was ashamed, astonished, consdence-miiit-
ted, tliarmed. He wouldn’t touch it.
' rt Hasn't thee had thy share ? Then I’ll ha’ no
more,” said he.
They kept their wedding day with the old home,
and the wife’s little capital was the nucleus of a
series of investments that ultimately swelled into
oxccutcd. r . . „ . .
WOOD TYPE— « large awortuiont always on bantl.
R3»”()lil Type taken In exchange for now at nine mills par pound.
n 7 B. Soria supplied Xo all fouls cast at tins oatttbllfthmehl at speci-
men price*.
Nov. as, »M. £‘ to
BAKER AND CONFECTIONER,
No. 1T1 N- E. Corner of Marlcot nnd Tlh Street,
ST. L0C1S, MO.
JAMES TURNER
•mEP8 coostnutly for sale, Bread, Oracftcra.of all kind*, Cato, Can
K dies, Cordials, Alo, Portoc, Sodn, Tobacco, Clgare, Ac.
Nov.aa. ; £i*m»
13 rT WHItE,
DISCOVERER OF Tnt
simplicity. Had I preached 'Almighty discourses, morning, the whole house was in an uproar. I must shop, factory, warehouse, counriy-seot, a carriage,
with more words than good sound doctrine, instead see to it. John! Fanny! ” he called up the stairs,
of opening the doors I should have added another “ don’t you know it’s Christmas morning t Come,
lock. The Lord appointed me to that work because awake up ! ”
I was willing to be the simplest. Thus aroused, the children and their mother were
After I had spoken they always thought there was soon out of bed and ready to join their father in the
something else behind the curtains. We preached breakfast room, where- the morning meal, already
three times in Voxlmll Road Chapel, Preston. After served, awaited them. Mr. Brown was very lalka-
and, for aught Mr. Owen knew. John won mayor of
his native borough at last.
DISCOVER KR OF TOE
SYMPTOMA TRUTINORIC SYSTEM,
For Diagonialng all Diaeanes of tha Cheat and
Lungs,
Mar he Caumllrtl dally at hl« Oofflce, No. 181 PINE St.,
bettVcco 4th 4c 4th t from 3 lb H P. M.
the third meeting the priest feared the increasing dve, and in fine spirits; but ihe children were dull,
greatness of our testimony, and closed the doors of Once or twice he aroused them into something like
riiis house against us. This was no sooner done
this time Br. Rich remarked at the time, “ I do g(- t y were opened to us, and the people
animdttion, by picturing the happiness of Mrs. Elk-
hart and her poor little ones, when they presented
not -belie; e a word of it." And neither did I ; but to were a) ] aroun d us entreating us to preach in their her, as they were to do immodiately after breakfast,
the asloq shment and joy of the Saints it came to
pass jusf ks I had spoken it, only more abundantly:
The Lor ' led me right, but 1 did not know it.
I hav* ieard Joseph say many times that he was
much Wi Red about the revelations the Lord gave
through' ,tti— it seemed to be so impossible for them
to be fulT iled. I do not profess to be a prophet ; but
] kitow’1 a every man and woman can be if they
live for r. '■ To enjoy this blessing they must walk
in the ckjfunel of the Priesthood, being subject to the
order attS government of heaven ; then they are all
houses.
If you will visit a stone quarry *you will find they
use ihe. simplest instruments to crack nnd remove the
largest rocks; so (he Lord uses the simplest of His
servants lo accomplish some of His greatest purposes.
When the blacksmith is making a horse-shoe, does
it dictate its maker who is making it and fashioning
it to a useful purpose ? Does the plowshare, the
with their valuable present. “ You will make hearts
glad to-day, my children, said Mr. Brown, with an
earnestness that quickened l|ieir generous impulses.
Industry. — To be really and practically indus-
trious, one must improve the minute particles of time
known as “ spare minutes.” Of all portions of our
life, these spare minutes are die most fruitful for
good or evil, and are literally the gaps dirough
which temptation find access to the soul. “Spare
minutes are the gold dust of time,” said Young;
and as dust makes the mountain, moments makes
the year ! Idleness wastes a man as insensibly as
industry improves him ; evil deeds and evil thoughts
never creep upon him who is assiduously employed,
upon good ones. The mind and body both require j
Just as he sajd this die tingling of a heU was ncljvity ^ k(jep , hem in pure and hen]lhy actjon
heard in die parlor.
“What is that?” exclaimed Mrs. Brown, startled
Afcortilng to well auiUcntlcxta! stAtisticxl report^ one oiu of ovary
■lx of all (he deaths that occur In Europe or America, ate front dlst-M«o
of tho lung* alone. . ^
Judging from Ute abovp data, thoro aro at Up prweut ttme within tba
city of St. Louivat loa»t.
FIF1SEK THOUSAND
Individuals who h|tvc •Uica.w rcaud upon Uu.li lung#. It 1» equally trua
that tbo MciUcalPndraidon, without oxc<’pUo«, are unable to (fococt a <lla-
C03M) upon those organs In keason to cflect a radical cure; andlthla 1* tho
reason why that data o ( dlscaac* have proved so universally ftda). And
hence this new UtocovcTy gflfbra the only meatto extant for dotrctlng pul-
inouary dlscaac* ip tliolr Incipient stage#, or In Utuc to cll'ect a cure Ui or^-
cryoaac. In all probability, 14,000 out of the above number umy escape a.
premature grave, by at once avafllug thcra^olven of tho benerita of 'Ul»
Important discovery.
Parent* nnd Guardian* flhoald submit every member of their famlffev
to ah immediate examination by thl# New Sjnstam if they would avoid
a re*pou^lblllty dadrnblc to uonu but luUdcU. Ihej* should not suffer any
pecuniary consideration to deter them from reaping it# benefit* If they
would protect those commun'd to their charge from one of the most fa-
tal disease* that oxl«w upon thlr continent. If they rely upon Uielr fam-
ily phyidclan to apprise them of tlm existence or thto dreadful dUcaM*
depend upon It, not one c.umt out ot a hundred will ever recover. Hoad*
of famllle*) are you prepiired to offer those committed to your re«ponalble
charge a sacrifice to prejudice, when theao Incoutrovertablo fact* are be-
fore you? If *o, ’the responsibility reel* entirely with you.
Nov. 18, ’64. eUb i
Like water if it runs free it is pure and wholesome ;
bat what fa more annoying and pestilential than a
lire for i ; To enjoy this blessing they must walk ^he, the ax, or the chisel rise up and dictate the Tmg-a-ling, a-lrog ! The sound was repealed,
in the clSfnnel of the Priesthood, being subject to the mec hanic, saying-~ Why do you not form me thus? Instantly John sprang from the table and went
order aiw government of heaven; then they are all § o:ue 0 f t hosv todls have to pass throdgli various boundiug down stairs, taking but three long steps
by so grange a sound coming suddenly from that alagnant ^ Dilligence a , one ia a fajr forl(Jne>
quarter. and industry a good estate.
Ting-a-ling, a-ling ! The sound was repeated.
CORINTHIAN MELODY.
Music— “HARK!”
revelation, ond they cannot predict anything that 3 j ia des ol temper, sometimes too low, and sometimes from the top to the bottom. Fanny glided after with
will not jjfome to pass. All that hinders you from t00 ^fato it is just right ; and it requires an less poise, but equal fleetness. There was heard a
enjoying^iis blessing fa because you are not obedieut. eX pert meclmnic to bit the proper temper, for they low exekunmtion from the children, on reaching the
You might say. "do we not do all things that arem ade to comein contact with all kinds of timber, parlor, and the voice of Fanny with a rushing de-
Br. Brigr'tiim counsels us to do? ” No; if you did, § 0 we arc w conic j n contact wnth all light came ringing up with these words —
every wi?e would be subject to her own husband, j^jg 0 f dispositions, and very few tools will stand. "Oh! mother! mother! come! quick: quick!”
aud evejtj( «lder to their’ presiding elder, and every an( j jj eep a goo d e d gei coming in contact with every Catching up Maggy as she descended the stairs,
member o their presiding bishop. If you do not do ^j nc i 0 f timber, arid stone, and the devil. for the little pet was already half way down, the
this you i ire not walking in the channel of the Priest- If dq ^ , eani t0 lem vourse i ve8 properly, mother entered the P" 101 on| y 0 few miuu,es b ,er
hood, ip. the channel of revelation an* salvation ;
aud you will stumble aud fall if you do not wake to
righteouj ness, and gird up tho loins of your minds.
Have; tot the majority of this congregation made
the most solemn covenants, and vows, that they will
listen to obey, and be subject to the Priesthood ?
Have nij . the sisters mode the same solemn cove-
nants to I vows before God and angels, that they
would b* subject to their husbands ? Arc you faith-
ful to yd sr vows ? If you aTe, you will have dreams
and vim is, and rovelations from the world of light,
und yd will be comforted by night and by day.
But if J a do not fulfill your covenants you cannot
But if ,1 u do not fulfill your covenants you cannot
enjoy finite blessings. '
The jaatter fa plain to your understanding, and
not mysterious. I have no mysteries to impart, and
1 nave^expect to have ; for if this people will do
right thpre fa nothing that will be a mystery to them ;
but those things which appeared the most mysterious
will prove the most simple things in the world/
Lesrtf to govern yourselves in a family capacity,
for therti .fa where reformation ought to commence,
after it j jae commenced m the assembly of the elders
. of Isrto | There must be order, peace, love, kind-
ness, gehtlehess, and every noble sentiment to ac-
complfai a reformation that fa pleasing to God.
We have got to be gathered, and continue gath-
ered, th nigh there will be all kinds of fish in the
net ; am the Lord will bring us into all lands of cir-
tumsuujies, until the wheat is separated from the
smut ui 1, chaff. There fa a time of separation, and
.1 know, flam faithful I shall be among the chosen
band v( to will triumph over hell, death and the
grave, Nid dwell in the society-of men who are per-
fectly c- : one heart and mind, where the wicked
cease w trouble, unless we go where they are. This
day wif come as sure os the sun shines.
; As iL my going into the immediate presence of
God w^n I die, I do not expect to ; but I expect to
go into »be world of spirits, and associate with my
brethren, /.and preach the Gospel in the spiritual
world, arid prepare myself in every necessary way
to receive my body again, and then enter through
you will not be; pf much use at lost.
I speak of these things whether they are edifying
ot not ; as to that I am not' concerned ; but they are
true, and they will save and exalt you, and bring
you into the celestial worid, to mingle in the society
of the Father, and JesuB Christ his Son, with the
Prophets and Apostles from the beginning to the
present dak- t am bound for no other place, God
helping me. Salvation is what I am after in this
world ; and food, oldthing and washing are all I need
while I stay here, and that is more titan I can take
away with me.'
I have no pride in anything but the principles of
salvation, and to see you do right, humble yourselves,
retain thg Hqly Spirit, live in your religion, then I
am proud of you indeed. My God, His purposes,
my religion, afrd this people; are nil I am fond of in
this world.
Our religion is different from everything else that
was ever instituted, but when you become acquainted
with it, and partake of its spirit, it is lively and an-
gelic ; it is a Screen that throws out everything but
that which fa pure wheat. When we make flour
than tho older Children. How unexpected was the al0UQ 101 1
sight that met her eye. In the centre of the room, a 8” nel
on the marble table, stood a Christmas tree, glitter- ®P r ' n
ing with paper ebaius and loaded with fruits and m ' eutlon
'flowers, and beside it, on the table, was a present ur ‘P°P u ^ ar
for every member of the family — not a costly pres- — :
ent, but appropriate, and selected with a discrimiua- NEW
tion (bat perceived the character aad wants of eaoh.
"Oh, Father!” exclaimed Mrs. Brown, as soon J
as she comprehended what was beiore her, leaning ’ A
her head upon her husband and restraining not her co
glad tear* — " This fa your work ! How little did I
dream of what was m your mind.”
Christmas at Mr. Brown’s on that day, was a j^oarai
Christmas to be remembered. What a new life
flowed through the veins of the children ! -To the Wagw^mto
joy of being remembered in tokens of love, was ad- *. txmia, i
ded the purer, deeper, heaven-born joy of blessing
oilters. Did they forget, even briefly, in this new pRANOis^
excitement, the poor family across the street ? Not samuh andi
so. Their generous hearts felt quicker impulses.
Happy themselves, they were eager to be the min-
isters of happiness, and went forth' quickly on their t >uWl f
All Boston fa in a fret about its water. The At-
las says that Cotcbituate is now nothing but a weak
decoction of sardines; whilst, on the contrary', an
analysis of the water shows the presence of a smal-
ler proportion of the foreign matter than in 1845,
and no trace of fiahey or oiley substance- The wa-
ter drawn from the surface<of the lake is found to be
purer than that from thirty feel below the surface.
The papers are filled with communications scolding
about the piscatory flavor of the water, and crying
aloud for a remedy. They say that there is danger
of a general epidemic, unlesB the water is irhproved.
The Springfield Republican suggests that it is all an
invention of the enemy, to render the Maine law
The Hat wa* on UK Read, ,
Tho pantng crowd adutlrM;
A nhuportnK maiden told—
Bee bow that man’a attired I
! What beauty In hi* wnlstj
How matcb)o*a hi* craxal.
And then how much ho’a uraceq
i With that reaplendant Hat I
! He turned him (ram tho UiroaffY
Ae bu tclt Corinthian ilaU;
But aa ho move* along,
On him all gloncea (an.
Cried one — “Not hoaven’a clear blue,
With marry radlonco net,
J Appear* ioo*o fair to alow ;
Than rood or luetroua Jet I "
i Ita tame by all waa rained;
HU boeotn (Veils with pride i
While they admiring gturod,
He ntlrad hi* voice and cried—
“Friend*, would you have my Joy,
; And wlu an equal lame.
Your nan on Broadway buy ;
Thete’a a raw more left— the same."
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to (timlih Wagon, put up In the boat style, and out ol th* beat material.
Wag out made at the tame a bop have boon used (or Ihe pul three year*
by the Western emigration and given general (tttHraCtton.
St. Loulh Ho., Dec. IS, 1864. (4 u
REMOVAL
F LAKOH* LKPKRK hM removed bl# store from So. SI Prauklln av#-
auo, lo the premires formerly ocotiplrel bjr him, #crtith-««aM corner of I
Seventh nod Krankltn ttveaue.
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Nov. IS, •«.
A CARD.
T HE Subaeriber, thankful (or the very liberal patronage beatowed
upon him during the ;«il year, wouW aay to his pair.xw and Uto
public generally, that he will apar* no palnato render r.aiutacuon In
every particular article purchased at hit oatabltebtneut. If tlh iucrestrad
rocniUea (or pnrchulng guoda, and comroodloua store room,, we are ena-
bled to compete with any boos* In our line In the dly.
Dec. 9, 8 *m FRANCIS LKPKRR.
from smutty wheal, we must have a smut machine to mission of benSvolenoe-
clear it of all filth before it goes into the bolt. The \ Ab, not to their dying day can the children of
smut machine is a powerful place ; it will blow to Mr. Brown forget that Christmas. Nor can Mr.
pieces everything (hat fa not the real grain. Thank Brown forget it either. It solved a problem for him,
God he has got stlch a machine, and men to enjoy though not just in the way anticipated.
F STORE and to arrive, the (otlowtng artletas, (or ut* low for cash :
(0 bag* priroa Uto Coffee; 20 bag* Loguyra;
So pc-rket* old government Java ;
ISO hf. cbvtta and cheat* Imp-rial, Young Hywn and Slack Yeu;
SO bag* Whole Pepper; 8 bag* Atrplor^,
3 caaas N uuueg* ; 3 bole* Clove* ;
•Obuxca pure ground Splcro; S6do. CutlleSoapj
8 caolnt dried currant*', SO boxes Citron ;
10 casks Myer'f Tobacco ; SO barrel* Langtiedoo Althonda;
0 caras Glltid’t Sardine*, 1-2* and I-4tt;
16 boxes Baker’s Oocna and Chocolate 1
60 boxes MR. BaWtn*. PRANOIB LKPBHK.
DcOrW. [Z*tn
His holy spirit*
My prayer is before God arid angels, by day and
by night, that He would purge this people, and pu-
rify them from, wicked men and women ; and I hope
the purging operation will continue until there is an
entire separation of the wheat and the chaff. There
! May there be many Christmases like that at Mr.
1 Brown’s. >*
The war corespondent of the London Times, is
Pan Irishman, formerly in the British Navy. He re?
ceives a salary of 87,500 per year, and is regarded
will be a separation, and I tell you what I know and a8 the very best correspondent connected with the
what I believe only. I know the truth when I speak European press.
it, and so dc you when you hear it. It makes no
matter what instrument it comes through, it is truth
still, and you tiannioi make anything else of it.
God bless ybu forever, drat peace, goodness, union,
A New Wat to Raise the W*kd. — The bel*
lows of the great organ in Tremont Temple fa in a
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D«, J, M.
~ LOUIS ESPENSOHIED*
GALLAGHER & CO.,
Praotical -Dyers and Scourers,
No. IIS North M tt.,3 boon from Vine, South title, and No. I«o Morgan
*1. between «th and 1th, 8u tout* Mo.
CP Have opened Uielr new and cheap Dying and Scouring ntabllth-
moo(. Gentlcmro* Coal*, Pantaloon*, Voata, kc., Dyod, Beourad and
neatly repaired*
Nor. 18, >84. ; ( i u .
SALOON 7 * 5
, H* TRAFKHS, mk^ptarwure In Raying to hcrnnmerotw emto-
nwnt) and the public, that nhc hit* a ralooi* an pine *tre«u two door*
fn>m DatreP Tboairo ; wlwre *hc U *t *1! limo* r.-affy to icrvf ap OyAlora*
CSsD ^ C< ‘ 0ll,u1,a ot * u< & Wpo u> fralt
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COOKING-STOvRSlceptooniUutttyou lituHt. Cooklrat. ,
clllng Stove* aleouthiTout-nttinp. adnpt«t (uUie we ol# “aUght trav-
Lake, CalKornla, and Oregon, may be (ouad at No, \r uCgramaloSelt
tween 6th and 9ri., St. Loal£ Mo. V * St- be-
Wlndow Glaw 8gIQ and 10x12. Ei.v '
love, and the spirit of patience and submission before shorl time ljD be worked b Y steam - The en & me and
God; and jn t$e hands of His servants may abide Jebafting are already setup, and aU (hat fa necessary
with yoq forever. Amen. for the completion, is the connecting machinery.
amra iww norm qi mr mobk or mreworj, ^ - , V . — — r — t-
WAGON MANUFACTURER, TaHore 5 atid^Tmnorft' Shc.ii:
€«ruor of Broadway and Lmreaumo Stoort, ' *nd Choppy Rroi&v W ' t<oo W m> loot#, Botch orV
OPPOUIXE empire MILLS* EC fj* kllhte Qf 76018 and K*1.
^ VM . "o*™ «o.
(■Sptfcj
LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS AND THE DARKNESS COMPREHENDETH IT NOT.- JESUS
the principle nations of the earth at this time in very
serious expenses, which are taking from the laboring
masses millions and millions of dollars, to supply
the fighting hosts with weapons of death, and en-
gines for the destruction of their enemies, and the
prosecution of their ambitious designs. While the
allied powers are thus engaged, they are consuming
the very source upon which the millions of the poor
and needy are depending for their bread — for their
existence. i>
iiv dunng the time of peace that has prevailed in
Europe for the last ten years, it was necessary to
help the poor and needy away, it becomes tenfold
more so under the present circumstances, when the
nations are involving themselves in very bloody and
disastrous wars. :> '
It may be supposed that I am a "little partial te
some panicnlar parties that are connected in this
wart I am referring more particularly to the allied
powers, but really I feel very little interest in the
matter, any further than v herever Britain carries her
sway , the gospel can follow in her liberal wake. To
be snre, when a boy, my playmates used to say, two
upori one is loo many, and consequently if there
would be any sympathy it would be in favor of Rus-
sia, as they are the weaker party, and is likely to
have ; the worst of it. Then, as far as the contest is
concerned, there may be a very great feeling of -in-
difference in the minds of many, whether Turkey is
devoured by the Biissian Bear, or carved up by the
Lion of the west of Europe ; the event is precisely
the same, let it turn which way it may, as far as it
effects us in our emigration movements ; it serves to
stop: the channel of trade, and consequently effects
the interests of the laboring classes of Great Britain,
and a great proportion of the members of our church
are of this class. <
I would say to those who are in arrears to the Per-
petual Emigration Fund, who know themselves to
be such, if you have got houses, lands, cows, sheep,
farms or property of any description, come forward
twenty years ago. Did any of you ever raise Indian
com in your lives? If so, you remember when it is j
six inches high it is very beautiful to the eye, it looks
green and lovely, and it will grow very rapidly if
you will only keep the weeds out of it ; it will grow
so rapidly that you can almost see it growing from:
day to day, and it is pleasure to cultivate it. Suppose
a man should go into a com field when the cum is
six, eight, or ten inches high, who hod not been
raised in a country where it had been cultivated, but
in some corner of die earth where it did not grow,
and he had newer seen such a plant before* and let
few days in hoeing it and
When you have got your bishop, he needs assis-
tants, and he ordains counsellors, priests, teachers,
and deacons, and calls them to help him ; and he
wishes men pi his own heart and hand to do this.
Soys he, “ I dare not even call a man to be a dea-
con, to assist me in my calling, unless he has a fam-
ily. It is not the business of an ignorant young
man, of no experience in family matters, to inquire
into the circumstances of families, and know the
wants of every person. Some may want medicine
and nourishment, and to be looked after* and,
not the business of boys to do this; but select a man
who has a family to be a deacon, whose wife can go
with him, and assist in administering to the needy,
in the ward. ' ,
These are simply my views in a few words on
tliis subject, pud always have been since I have
reflected upon the doctrine that the fathers teach us
in the Holy (Scriptures. I will venture to spy Ufa
view I take Pf the matter is not to be disputed or;
disproved by Scripture or reasou.
I have no reasonable grounds upon which to say
it was not the custom in ancient times for a man to
have more thau one wife, bpt hare every reason to
hplieve that it was the custom among the Jews, from
the days of Abraham to the duys of the Apostles, for
they were lineal descendants of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, all of Jwhom taught and practised the plurality
of wives, andl were revered by the whole Jewish na-
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him employ himself a d
admiring its beauty. Suppose by some means he
becomes perfectly blind for two or three months, and
then goes into the field after be has received hia
9ight— he now beholds corn seven, eight, and ten
Remarks by President Brigham Young, after Bl-
dor' Orson Hyde had Lectured on the Marriage
Relations, Oct. 6, 1854.
I tlf. not wish to eradicate any items from the lec-
, ture folder Hyde had given us this evening, bju
snnplf to give you my views, in a few words, on the
portioi l touching bishops and deacons.
In Raul’s first epistle to Timothy, third chapter,
he wtj ies as follows :
“ T&is is a true saying, if a man desireth the office
ot a j'ishop. he desiretli a good work. A bishop
Men fcicust be blameless, the husband of one wife,
vigilafi.t, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality,
apt totlench ; not given to wine, no striker, not gree-
dy of ftlthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not cov-
etous*} one thnt ruleth well his own house, having
his children in subjection with all gravity, ( for if a
man $ how not how to rule his own house, how shall
he take care of the Church of God ?) Not a novice,
lest b^-ng lifted "up with pride, he lull into condem-
natiOB'bf the devil. Moreover, hiamysi have a good
icporifbf them which are without, lest he lull into
reprgdilh and the snare of the devil. Likewise the
deacons must be grave, not double-iongued, not giv-
en tot-ranch wine, not greedy of filthy lucre, holding
me mastery of the faith in a pure conscience. And
let t!qie also first be proved ; then let them use the
office ml deacon, being found blameless. Even so
must Jtheir wives be grave, not slanderers, sober,
luithfi) in all things. Let the deacons tie the lnis-
Uands'of one wife, ruling their cmldren and their
houses well.”
I li&ye read tins thut your minds may be relreshed,
and t£«t you may know how it does read.
behead of my believing for a moment that Paul
wishifi to signify to Timothy that he must select a
man if 1(^11 the office of a bishop that would have but
one a iu, 1 believe direedy the reverse ; but his ad-
vice J - Timothy amounts to simply this i It would
not b> wise for you to ordain a man to the office of
tnsho i unless he has a wife ; you must not ordain a
singh or unmarried man to that Bailing.
II i‘ou will rend this chapter caret ully, you will
lcnrrffthe qualifications necessary for deacons and
bishops, and also lor their wives.
1 \yfJl simply give my views with regurd to this
matte?, and then lease Tl
I tipVe no testimony from the Bible, neither have
l from any history that I have any knowledge of,
that a nuui was ever prohibited in the church, in the
days of Paul, Irom taking more than one wife. 11
any biwioriau has any knowledge to die contrary, let
nun ujake it known at a suitable time ; but if such
was die cose, it has not come to my knowledge.
1 v^dl now give you ray reasons why it is necessa-
ry tluj a bishop should have a wife, not but that he
nmy have' more than one wife. In the first place,
he' is (or should be) like a lather to his ward, or to
the ptopie over whom he presides, and a good por-
tion if his time is occupied among them. Still he
/does i jet wish to be bound up, or fiooded with the
cares of die world, so but that he can officiate in jiis
office and magnify it to acceptance. I
Tip-office of a bishop in his ward, and when he
hnds'*t man who is doing a good business as a far-
mer ( r tradesman, and who has plenty around him,
and i ‘faithfully paying his tithing, he has no busi-
ness i jfcre only to receive the tithing that man has
io pa for the benefit of die kingdom of God ; bis
business is more particularly in the houses of widows
and jfphans, and he is called to administer to them
m njj[)tik>uanes8, like a father.
PhriK knowing by observation and his own expe-
rience die temptations that were continually thrown
beiore the elders, gave instructions paramount to
this : before you ordain a bishop, to lake charge of
the branch in any one district or place, see that he
has a Wife to begm with ; he did not say but out
wiji £ it does not 9ay so; but he must have one to
begiu with, in order dial he may nut be continually
drawy into lempuuion while he is in the line of his
duty^visitmg the houses of widows and orphans, the
poor,) rim sick, and die offiicted in his ward. V He is
to cot verse with Minifies, sometimes upon family
mails is, and care for diem, but if he has no wife he
is (nu . so capable of taking care of a family us fie
other-mo- would be, and perhaps he is not capable
uf laying core ol himself. Now, select n.' young
uiurif^ho lias preserved himself in purity and holi-
nesaj : one tylio has carried himself circumspectly be-
•ore-^e people, and before God: it would, not do to
orduyi him to the office ot a bishop, for he may be
diaw^ inin temptation, uud he lacks experience in
tauiity mutters; hut take a man who has one wife,
at lesst j b man ol experience, like thousands of our
etdeif. , meh of strength oi mind, who have detenni-
uauoj \ iu diem to preserve them solves pure under all
circuj ^stances, at all times, and in all places in their
wardj Now, Timothy select such a man to be a
bishc
' to bis celling and duty, is with the
churc i all the time ; he ia not called to navel abroad
to pn but is <u home ; he it not abroad in the
warly j. j)w u with the hum.
sight— he now beholds corn seven
feet high, with large ears upon it; he would exclaim,
“What is this? Who has destroyed the beautiful
What has
plants that were here two months ago ?
become of them?" He is told it is the same com.
“ 0, it cannot be, for the com ie litfle stuff, and only
grows eight nr ten inches high, and very unlike tliis
awkward stuff."
This compares well with some of our Mormons
who are a little effected with the grunts; they do
not know that the work of the Lord has been spread-
ing rapidly, and growing stronger, -and becoming
more formidable than it was twenty years ago. —
There has been considerable advance since we used
to gather around Joseph and Hyruin in Kirtiand, to
keep the mob from kiliiog them.
I remember on a certain occasion the brethren
were called together to prepare to defend Joseph
against the mob, who were coming to destroy him, if
possible. Bro. Cahoon was appointed captain of one
of ihe largest companies, and it had ten men in it; it
was the biggest compauy we could raise but one, and
that contained fourteen men. Bro. Gaboon gave us
some advice; he advised us if the mob came, and
we were obliged to fire, to shoot at their legs ;
bati should they advance upon us now, we would
shoot higher than that; so if any body will look at
it candidly, they, wilfrsee that y/e have grown and
improved considerably in our ideas. Toshoot at die
legs of a mob is now altogether behind die times in
Monnohiwh. A fief Brother Cahoon had advised us,
Jkother Brigham rose and said, if the mob tackled
him, he would shoot at their hearts, and some of the
AA* J - Vy%, maoi I’ciucutUCi
dint we are in the advance ; for' the Lord has said,
hi these days he bus commenced to do a great work,
. i . . i’*-' ■ .. i A. r T., 4 ' Li*
tion, and it is but natural they should have respected
and followed: their teachings hnd examplei
So much I wished to say to my brethren and sis-
ters. We liaVe had a splendid address from Brother
Hyde, for which f am grateful. I feel in my heart!
to bless the people all the time, and can say amen
to Brother Hjyde’slasi remarks. I know just as much >
about those matters as I want to know, and if I do
not know more, it is because there is no more of it
m the city. It is a hard matter fora man to hide!
himself front me in this Territory ; die birds of the
air, they say; carry news, and if they do not, (have
plenty of sources of information. ,
I say to the congregation, treasure up iu your
hearts what you have heal'd to-night, and at other
times. You; will hear more \jjith regard to the doc-
trine — thnt is, our ‘ marriage relations.’ Elder Hyde
says tout he lias only just dipt into it, but if it will ,
not be displeasing to him, I will say lie lias not
dipped into it yet ; he has only run round the edge
of file field. He has done so beautifully, aud it will
have its desired effect. Rm *>-- of
the marriage; relation is nu* hi my reach, nor iu any
oilier man’s ireneli on this earth. It is without be-
ginning of days or end of year ; it is a hard matter
to reach. We can tell some things with regurd to it;
to-fry When the jailor started
out we started too. Brother Hyrum took hold of the
door and life rest followed ; but before we were able
to render him the assistance he needed, the jailor
antj guard Succeeded iu closing (he door, shutting
the brethren in with us, except Cyrus Daniels, who
was on the outside.
As soon as the attempt was made inside, he took
two] of tit guard, one under each arm, and ran down
the stairs that led' to the door, it being on the second
story. When he reached the ground they got away
froffi him ; and seeing we had failed to get out, he
Staged to run, but put his foot in a hole and fell.
Just as he fell a bullet from ohe of the guard passed
very close to' his head, and he thinks the fall Saved
ilia life.
The scene that followed this defies description. I
should judge from the number that all the town and
many from the country gathered around tire jail, and
every mode of torture und death that their imagina-
tida timid fancy, was proposed for us, sttch as blow-
ing up die jail, taking-us out and whipping US to
deajth, shooting us, burning us to death, tearing Us to
pieces with horses, &c. Blit they were so divided
among themselves that they could not carry out any
of their plans, and we escaped unhurt.
During this time some of the brethren spoke of
our being in great dunger; and I confess I felt that
we were. Btit brother Joseph told them “not to fear,
that not a hair cf their heads should be hurt, and
that they should not loso any of their things, even to
a bridle, saddle, or blanket ; that everything should
be restored- to them ; they had offered their lives for
us and the gospel ; that it was necessary the church
should offer a sacrifice, and the Lord accepted the
offering." 1
The brethren had next to. undergo a trial, but the
excitement was so great they dare not take them out
to brine one or two famum*' «« uml “Y ad-
vice to those who have just arrived is, that they fell
not in the reur, as it has this day Iteen complained
of, but let them make it their first business to square
off with the Fund that brought them here j to fur-
nish this meanB as soon as it is in their power, to
bring somebody else out from distant countries; and
then you can take a fresh start in this mountain
worid. Even if you are a little behind when you
have done this, scramble until you catch up again;
for ithe facilities are a thousand to one in these val-
leys to what they were seven years ago. ‘ :
yVher. the Pibdeere came here it looked a hard
chance. There was not a single house to rent, and
as jto Jheir boing any prospect of having any, ft
looked very slim. But there has been slight chan-
ges since, and a very great change in relation to
bread stuff. We have bread in abundance now;
but then the oply prospect of supply We had, was
millions of black crickets. The change has been
effected, and persons who land here with nothing
but] their hands, their bone and sinew, if they are
indebted to the Fund or to persons for bringing
thejn, they can soon pay these debts, and not only
that, but they con soon establish themselves comfor-
tably, and be prepared to help others.
have noticed in the course of my travels an oc-
cas onal individual, which I presume had lost by
soffie of those who have not been willing to pay up ;
be that as it may, 1 have come across individuals
•wbi would luik among the saints, “ Why," say they,
“ what can be the matter? something is dreadful
wrgng ; this is not ancient Mormonism — this is not
the; old religion we used to have in the days of Jo-
senh; somothinsr is entirely wrong; I do not see
done. Tn order to be participators in this, wc must
be honest with ourselves — with bur brethren, and
with the poor among the Lo.-'I’s people ; if we are,
the blessings of God will flow upou us, and our
knowledge will increase, and all the light aud intel-
ligence thu . wo desire frotn God will, jjt* .poured out
upon us, and our means will increase, arid our sub-
stance will be blessed unto, us. But \( we udopt thu
other principle, although men do it from covetousness,
it is the identical way to become poor. The prophet
said the liberal devise th liberal things, and by his
liberality he shall stand. Tim is few truth: it has
been so among all generations, and with thus people
from the beginning.
It was customary before we entered this church to
hear a great deal of text preaching. “Che learned
ministers would select a text or passage of scripture^
measure it by a theological rule, divide it into heads,
and then preach from it — preaching about every-
thing in the world but the thing in the text. After
they i'.ad gone through this kind of monceuvering
long enough, they would then appeal to the congre-
gation to know if they had not preached to them the
doctrine laid down in the text. Well, if L have
mot preached from the text, excuse rue.
I will close my remarks with the old fashioned
appeal, and if I have not preached the doctrines con-
tained in the text, let me advise my friends to give
heed to tliosp doctrines anyhow.
Remarks by Gtoorge A. Smith, Tabernaole, Oct
6, 1854, P. M.
I can say, |in connection 1 with brethren who have
addressed yap in the former part of the day, that it
is with the greatest pleasure I arise at the present
conference to casi in my> mite and offer a few reflec-
tions upou tfte things of the kingdom, as they are
rolling heforp us.
Our beloved president, at the close of the forenoou
service, gave; us a text he wished to have considered.
It has beep my lot to be somewhat conversant with
the saints wljo dwell in the valleys of the mountains,
or especially those who reside south of this oity,
my acquaintance with them has been very great for
the last five jyeaiis. There is no doubt but that tt
feeling of carelessness und indifference has been
manifested bjy many in these valleys, in relation to
bequeathing their debts to the Perpetual Emigrating
Fund, for (ha assistance they have received. It is
not only an iudifierence which has been felt towards
die Perpetual Emigrating Fund, but also to individ-
ale who have expended their means to help dieir
friends, neighbors, or hrelhren to this valley; they have
frequently been treated with indifference aud neg-
lect, und I may almost say with cruelty, by some per-
sons who haye thus been helped ; they are unwilling
until Uiey can be , very comfortable themselves, to
assist those who haye helped them.
I nave had my feelings hurt by instances of this
kind which pave ,heen laid before me. ; r
Now then,; if ( understand the text, it amounts to
about tliis, (-viz) our Savior’s golden rule, “There-
fore, all to mgs whatsoever ye would that men should
do to you, dp, ye even so to them : for this is die law
awl the prophets. " Or, to use diis expression of the
Sailor’s, in connection with that of our president,
which would: be Whatsoever ye would that men
should do u>i ,y ou, do ye even so to them, under like
circumstances ; l'oi this is the law of the prophets."
There is no object on the face of tbe earth more
to be desired, than to bring tbe poor and honest
saints from the condition ia which they are placed
in the old world, and set diem down here in the
midst of there mountains, where, by their own indus-
try., economy, and prudence, they can provide for
their wants, and for the wants of their children. The
difficulties Which surround the saints in the old
worid are increasing. The great wars are involving
;io» j jibi!ti'dM> qs btfuj/ / lian.iifenooq lf-i G&f
Inotdente In the History of Joseph Smith
j G. S. L. City, Utah, Oct. 9; 1854.
■In reading the history of Joseph
Mk. EniToit:
Smith, as published in the News last winter, and
especially that part of it which relates to hie impris-
onment in Liberty jail, Mo., t see there are many
interesting facts which are omitted ; and as I bad the
honor of being a fellow prisoner with him, I thought
1 would write some of those incidents for the satis* '
focuon of any of your readers who may feel interested
in them.
During our imprisonment we had many visitors,
both friends and enemies. Among the latter, many
were angry with brother Joseph, and accused him of
killing a son, a- brother; or some relative of theirs, at
what woa called tbe Crooked River battle. This
looked rather strange to me, that so many should
claim a son or a brother killed, when they reported
only one man killed. q ;U , ..’iu - : .
Among our friends who visited us, were President
Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball, of the first
Presidency — the latter several times — George A,
Smith, of the Quorum of Twelve; — Don. C. Smith,
brodier of Joseph, came several times, and brought
some of our families to see its. Benjamin Covey,
Bishop of the Twelfth Ward of this city, brought each
of us a new pair of boots, and made us a present of
them.;* James Sloan, his wife and daughter, came
several times. Alanson Ripley also visited ua, and
many others, who to name, would be too tedious. O.
P. Rockwell brought ye refreshments many times ;
and Jane Bievin and her daughters brought cakes,
pies, etc., and banded them in at the windows.
Three things helped us much, as opr food was very
until it abated a little. While they were waiting for
their trial some of the l&thren employed lawyers to
defend them. Brother $now asked brother Joseph
whether he had better employ a lawyer or not,; ;^,
Joseph told him to plead his own cause. But, said
brodier Snow, I do not understand the law. Brother
Joseph asked him if he did not understand justice .
he Said he thought he did. Wall, said brother Jo-
seph, go and plead for justice as hard as you can,
and quote Blackstone find other authors now and
then, and they would tare ft all for law.
ALEXANDER MoRAfi.
The Schooner Whircwbnc arrived at Racine,
Wis., on the 14th December, with a part of the crew
ot the propeller Westmoreland. She reports the
sinking f the propeller in twenty-five faGioms of
water, 18 miles this side of “Sleeping Bear," and
the loss of seventeen livre.
found in considerable quantities on die north
tint Trinity river, and
igned at Vienna, binding, it is sup-
tile ushering in of the dispensation of the fullness of
tines— the resto ration of the gospel, preparatory to
the second coming of the Messiah — its rejection
hy the Gentiles — the general wickedness of the na-
tions — the sword of retribution, wielded by the
avenging hand of the Almighty — famine, pestilence,
wars atrd rumors pf wars— Hhe general wreck of
nations, kingdoms, and inan-niade governments, and
and the establishrhoht of ail universal theocracy
thereon.
The ushering in of this new era huB not been with-
out opposition. The Ljrth of (he “man-child” has
not been n pangless one. This cherished hope of
the satoto-^the darling of ages, has been baptized
iiijtbe blood of Joseph the seer, and consecrated by
the tears and groans, pain and suffering, of the per-
secuted saints.
Since the introduction of the gospel, the cause of
truth has steadily progressed. A quarter of u cen-
thfy has not yet elapsed since the Church of Christ
was organized with only six members, and now
three hundred thousand souls rejoice in the liberty
of' the gospel-. The servants of God have went
boldly forth, warning die nations, and calliog all
people to repent, from the king on his throne to the
beggar in the street. Our missionaries have carried
the warning voice to the shivering tenant of the
frozen zones — to the benighted sons of Africa —
the red-skinned denizens of our western wilds— the
South Sea cannibol and the idol worshiping Hindoo;
not forgetting the mercenary priest and bigoted sec-
tarian of our more enlightened countries.
The saints of God, after having encountered a
series of bloody persecutions, waged against them
by wicked and ungodly mobs, instigated by the igno-
rant prejudices of Christian editors, and led on to
their murderous work by sanctimonious divines, ore
now enjoying at lebst u temporary repose, in the
peaceful rallies of the Great Basin. An eusigu to
the natives is raised in the tops of Lhe mountains.
The oracles of God are planted there, formiug a
nucleus around which will gather the pure in heart,
from all the nations of die earth.
Your bro. in the new covenant,
■ | CHARLES H. BASSETT.
England was
posed, Austria tq.declare war against Russia within
one month, and guaranteeing her to support her
against invasion ond insurrection. Austria calls on
the Germanic Slates to support her with federal
troops, but Russian influences. are at work in opposi-
js attracting much at-
It is stated that a new route has been discovered
to Salt Lake well supplied with water and grass, and
300 miles shorter than the Humboldt route. ' Advi-
ues from Portland, Oregon, state that a line of tele-
graph is about to be built from that place to Salem
f. bOOlS, SAttlRDAY. tlBOBMBKR 30, 1854
U,4T OF A.OBNTS TOR THE LUMINARY.
i N& Orleans, Jatnca Mcpw. , , nn . i, T , r r-
A.R. nnti Term., H. W. Chtircfi.
H (prison county, Texas, William Martindale.
Milan county, Texas, S. M. Blair. <
Prsston Thomas. Traveling Agent for the South-
Cincinnati, O., Hon. Orson Spencer. *■
fte'-higfield, O., A. R. Wright.
PHtshufgh'. Pa., B. F. Winchester.
OVorgetown, Ky., J. M- Barlow;
Keokuk, Iowa, Charles Clark.
Pbilmlclphia, Samuel Harrises &H Popl*r, St-
New York, John Tnvfor.
Helena, Ark.. Alfred liny.
Pecan Point, Ark., I,. J. DcLopatr.
■ Bluff City, lows, Wm. H. Poison, and L. O. Ltttlefiel
Alitquakdta, Iowa, J. Dairympl*.
Unvote, Mo., Charles Maxwell.
Filrfiold, Ind.. John Wickcl.
Alenina, lnd- Stephen Golding.
A] ion , III., Henry J. Hudson.
0» atrevllle, III., James Kinney.
Lcwell. Mass,, Khaki m S. Davis.
Qf/'ieral Agent for Massachusetts, N, H. Fell.
Site ' 3 ote, Cal., J. M. Horner.
Sa, • Bernidino, Cab, G. C. Rich,
lateral Airont for Utah, Hon. Z. Snow.
Cl ear 'City, Utah, Hon. I. C. Haight.
Tr/ vellne Elders generally will please act os agents.
m L. J3iler, Traveling Agent through the West.
its appearance, a tid the subject matter which it con-
tains. It cannot fail to be a powerful auxiliary in
speaking the truth, and I trust it will meet wilh that
effectual support it so richly deserves.
This new movement — the establishment of Stakes
of Zion in the different States — will be an impor-
tant epoch in the history of ' Mormonism. The pub-
lication of the “ Luminary,” and other kindred vehi-
cles of light nad truth, will be the means of introdu-
cing the great work of the last days to tits notice of
many, whp would not go out to hear public preach-
ing. ; j i '
During my present visit to the States, i have dis-
covered less honesty among professing Christians,
than at any former time. Religion seems to be no
longer a matter of conscience, but of convenience.
Infidelity is fast obtaining, among all daises.—
Men with sauettmonious faces, and elongated bypo-
critical. countenances, who still keep up their family
altar and say grace over their meals, unhesitatingly
and unblushingly confess their unbelief in the Sorip-
lures; and downright skepticism is manifested in alt
their sayings and arguments. Mammon is the pop-
ular god of (lie day, and the masses zealously wor-
ship at his glittering shrine. Religion, conscience,
reputation, and all that is lovely or desirable, are
sacrificed on Ids crowded altars, by the bliud devo-
tees of the golden god. Disunion, and consequent
confusion, have crept into the various churches, and
the demon Distrust has reared his frightful head in
all th .ir organizations. Confidence and brotherly
love have been banished from society ; and deprived
of these substantial props, the superstructure begins
U> totter and fall. The church-going professor seeks
to defraud his Christian neighbor. The devout miser
rises from bis interminable prayer to count again
bis rusty dollars, wrung with a cruel, hand from his
half-fed, half-clad, praying broil iter. Within the
shadow of splendid churches, with towering steeples
aud glittering spires, “ where aristocratic’ fingers
proudly point: to the rich man’s heaven,” the widows
dying iuouu, and the orphans cry lor bread, are
heard unheeded, or drowned by the hypocritical
voice of tile noisy suppliant os he prays, “ Give us
this day our daily bread."
“ But wbon he prays, 'Th y kingdom come,’
The kingdom don’t appear.”
Tltis is indeed a gloomy picture ; yet it is a truth-
fid one. The shading is not too deep, or the drapery
too dark.
Although die people are slow tq believe in die
fullness of die gospel- -tddiough diey fail to see the
hand of the Almighty Ju die latter-day work — yet
it requires but little argument to convince the close
observing, sober thinking man, dial great aud impor-
tant changes are abotlt to transpire. We have no
need to hunt ut) testimony or conjure up evidence, to
prove thut u momentous crisis in affairs, political und
religious, is approaching. We can discover at a
glance, that a grand change, fearfully grand and
awfully sublime, lias already began. Whichever
Commercial letters assert thut Austria entered inr
to the treaty unwillingly, hut consented to it hi pre-
ference to breaking entirely with the Western Pow-
e «- , . >},
Nesselrode has published u letter defining the
four terms on which Russia will accept pence, viz :
A joint protectorate of the fife powers over the tlhris-
fians in Turkey ; a like protectorate over the princi-
palities subject to existing Russian treaties; the re-
vision of the treaty of 1841, til which Russia will
assent if the Sultan will; the free navigation of die
Danube.
Prussia and all the Germanic Slates were hastily
putting all their armies on a war footing.
Omer Pacha is abtut to embark for the Crimea.
Admiral Hameliu had resigned the command of
the French squadron in the Black Sea, and retired
to France.
The remainder of the Frenchtroops in Greece had
been ordered to the Crimen.
A proposition is to be submitted to Parliament
augmenting the British army toi the extent of 800,-
GOO men.
The Spanish Chamber has decided to support the
present dynasty. The Ministers resigned upon
some trifling financial defeat, but consented to re-
sume office. The latest intelligence, however, is to
die effect that the crisis had commenced, and that
Espartero had advised the Queen to send for Mnda-
gas to fonn n Cabinet.
Mr. Soule had arrived at Madrid.
The Danish Ministry had resigned.
Isucpkxukxcx, December 28. — Simla Fu moil
» t i ft ' I i - ' i • i
received hi ne on Sunday, bringing little mnv.< of
terest. Business is quite dull throughout the Terri-
lory. Th e indiaiis are pretty quiet, lint it is expected
that the (troops tyill jio called out against die Apa-
ches, unless they cease their depredations. Many
of them have left the Raton Mountains and gone to
Red River canyon. The Navajos brought in the In-
dian who tritely killed a soldier, to Fort Defiance,
and delivered him up; , he wae inuig at, die Fort for
his offencei.
The Governor aud General were expected bock
from their trip to Mesillo Valley. Reliable news
had reached Santa Fe of an attack luiving been
made on die Southern mail, but no injury sustained
from it. One or two Indians were killed.
Bishop Lnmy had arrived safely, haring lost one
of his deacons at Fort Union from sickness contrac-
ted on the plums. His party jvere escorted into the
city hy a large company of civilians and military,
aud great jiarade by firing cannon und all that.
Our place is unusually lively to-day, with delight-
ful weathek
WEO ARE THE ROBBERS ON THE PLAINS *
Three weeks ago, when we published the first
announcement of die Salt Lake mail, we suggested
whether white men might not have been concerned
with the, Indians in the affair. This query arose iu
our minds from the statement diat the moil bogs
were rifled and letters torn open, a thing unusual for
Indians- Subsequently, however, tins statement was
found incorrect. When the bags were ripped open
and'fouqjd to contain letters and papers only,, these
were left undisturbed by the robbers, and were gath-
ered up aud forwarded to die States in good order.
Thu Independence Agrarian, however, assigns other
reasons for suspecting that at least four white men
were engaged in the attack, and suggests that it
might have been men from Salt Lake, who, knowing
that lhe party hud a large amount of money, hod en-
listed die, disaffected Sioux to join diem for puposes
of ptinder.
Aj< the Agrarian’s article has been noticed by
somqpf die oily papers this week in a manner cal-
culated to reflect somewhat on the people of Suit
Lake, we have also diaughl proper to refer^to it,
chief y to, show how reudy die public are to judge
wroB J lolly, and saddle upon the Mormons, without
a re :son, the brinies of other people. We speak
knowingly when we say thut die people of Salt Lake
havefliad no trade or intercourse whatever with In-
dian^ this side of the Rocky Mountains, but on the
confrnry the old mountaineers — French and Ameri-
can traders — have during tiie last two or three years
dottej) the entire line of travel from the South Pass
to 70 miles this side of Laramie with their trading
posts. Nearly all these men have squaws for wives
and odier Indians around diem, and carry on a trade
with the Indians, and fleece the emigrants. They
HttmLUnmts
FURTHER BY THE AMEBIC A.
Affairs before Sebastopol are unchanged. There
has been some fighting, hut node of importance. The
garrison continues to make sorties. During the night
of November 14th, in a hurricane of wind and rain,
the Russians made a sortie from die city on the
French camp, but were repulsed-
On die 15th, several men and horses died in tins
camp from cold and exhaustion. The Russians are
quiet. ; • .<
Nov. 16. — Fire very slack. A few redoubts were
completed by the British, overlooking the Inkennan
road. Some reinforcements reached die French.
Nov. 17. — Men and officers are constructing shel-
ter for the winter. An order has been issued by
Lord Raglan that no officer shall leave the camp un-
less sick or wounded. It ruins in torrents.
Nov. 18. — Weather more temperate. Russians
in die valley is observed In ltavi* vuuvivod reinforce-
ments — supposed 20,000 — under Gen. Liprnndi.
Nov. 18. — The French made a reeoniioisance in
force, and found the Russians repairing their artille-
ry, damaged itt the previous liattle.
Nov. 20. — The 97th British regiment fiutu
the Oronco steamer. The Queen of life South ar-
rived with various drafts of British troops. The
French lunded considerable reinforcements at Ka-
tneisch Bay. Firing very brisk from the town, and
warmly replied to from die French and British lines.
Nov. 21 to 24. — Bombardment continued ; wenk
on the part of the allies. Their Are did little dam-
age, aud that little was constantly repaired. The
allies mainly occupied in strengthening tljeir position
against attack, and it) establishing new batteries,
the Are of which has not yet .been opened. Men-
schikoff reports that the English had attempted to
establish themselves near the head of die dockyard,
but were repulsed with loss. Further reinforcemeuts
reached the allies.
Nov. 25. — The Russians made a sortie, but wore
repulsed by the English, who, in pursuing, look and
retained nine guns which die Russians forgot to
spike. Another account says two seveu-guu re-
doubts.
On the 26di, part of the garrison attacked the
French lines, but retired wilh the loss of 230. The
French lost 75. The defensive works of the En-
glish, between the right of their line of nttack and
Baiaklava, were nearly completed.
Nov. 28. — The following despatch of this date is
from Gen. Catirobert: “The rain has ceased, and
the weather is improving. Our works trill now ex-
hibit fresh activity. Our reinforcements continue to
arrive. The enemy still shows no signs of activity,
but continues to protect the town by repeated en-
trenchments. It is stated that several hundred Rus-
sian wagons, laden with provisions and ammunition,
were overtaken by a snow storm and lost, and that
at present there are only provisions in Sebastopol for
fourteen weeks.”
Pot the Luminary*
Bn. Snow : — For near three weeks I have been
confined at home by sickness, and am, in conse-
quence, behind the times in the way of news. The
first and second numbers of your paper have been
received, and ore considered excellent specimens of
typographical skill and editorial talent. It is just
the kind of paper that is needed, and bids fair to be
an able exponent of Mormon rights and liberties, of
liberal principles and republican institutions. You
say truly that our cause has loo long suffered the
maledictions of its opponents without a medium of
defeuse being established in the States, Misrepre-
sentation, slander and abuse have been heaped upon
those mire pul piuueoru who forced their way llirough
the dangers of u new region, where hosts of savages
pant for the lives of the pale face, and who have
r . in o portion of ooa s
fair earth where no other, community would have
ventured. It is time the truth was told with regard
to that loyal, patriotic and persecuted people. They
have carried the stars and stripes to the highest alti-
tude upon this continent, and there their cannon
thunders the voice of American freedom. la. their
stead the smoky wigwam and the yell of savages
would have been all that ibis day could hate been
discovered by the adveuturous mountaineer but for
the’ unconquerable spirit aud energy of that noble
baud of Mormon adherents. Have they suffered all
this hardship, and done so much to extend the area
of freedom to be paid by ingratitude, and ilentlys
suffer their loftiest aims, their purest motives, and
best desires for the good of our race, to be misrepre-
sented and impugned ? No ; let the press be the
“ fulcrum and lever ” that shall move our cause uud
beat back the tide of lying slander which evil de-
signers seek to roll upon the founders and people of
the colony of Utah. They will soon be numerous
enough to enter die galaxy of States and swell the
number of stars upon the national banner. Let them
come along with Oregon, New Mexico, Washing-
ton, Minnesota and Nebraska. Open wide the gate
for all the sons of freedom, even if we should have
to annex Canada, Cuba, and the Sandwich Islands.
That is the talk for liberal minds.
Respectfully, L. O. LITTLEFIELD.
Council Bluffs City, Dec. 12, 1854.
made then remittances chiefly in October and Novem-
ber, 4ud they would, moreover, readily recognize Mr.
Kinliead. Why, then, in the face of these well
known fajets, does suspicion leap over all diese ques-
f)le characters to attuuh itself to the people of
ques-
tions;
Salt £,aks ? Is it because the latter believg in Mor-
inontmn ? ,
W.iietlijtfr there may he characters lurking about
Salt -Lake capable of every species of crime, we sltall
not ifitv stop to discuss ; but will only add that if so,
the sooner such characters are pickled down in the
Salt ^.akq the better ’twill be for them aud us too.
Willing, 'however, to exonerate even the worst of
men >from ill-founded suspicions, we feel disposed
seriot^ily to question the soundness of the Agrarian’s
reasons. . Among the principal reasons for believing
that riliites were engaged in (lie attack, are the fatal
precision of the rifle shots, and the fact that the slain
were, not scalped. Now these are precisely the same
reojKtis ufged one year ago, by the St. Louis Intel-
ligent sr and other papers, for trying to fasten upon
the Sermons the massacre of Capt. Gunnison and
partly and not until the official returns of ltis fellow
officer* were published, did these specious reasons
find ( grave. .
It,) customary, we admit, with Indians, in their
warfr^ wilh each other, to bear off the scalp, but in
all tUf whiten they have killed in Utah since its set-
tiemft It, we have never heard of but one or two be-
ing t^ilped.
Tlfcire are also bands of Utalis, Snakes and Sioux
who £*ve as good rifles and are as good shots as ore
often -found among die whites.
®*hgraj|tr fxjsptrbcs
From the City Prow.
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.
SEBASTOPOL NOT TAKEN.
Highlands, Dec. 22—2 p. m.
The mail steamer America, from Liverpdol on
the 9th, hos arrived here, en route for Boston.
Her advices are ten days later than those brobght
by the Pacific, and though devoid of anything exci-
ting from the seat of Avar, are of the utmost imjiort-
ance, inasmuch as it states that most important ne-
gotiations were in progress, and that Austria bad
signed a treaty with England and France.
Nothing of consequence has been done before Se-
basiopol.
The cotton market had lieen pretty active at the
commencement, but fell off at the close.
Flour declined one-eighth. Market quiet, 'and
demand moderate at previous rates. Western Canal,
Dt^tTH FROM Fright. — Mrs. Mack, a widow
wom0 living near the comer of Pine and 16th sts.,
died | iuldenly a few nights ago, it is supposed from
fright caused by the entrance of a burglar into her
dwel|,og. Hearing him passing about through the
house she beearne so much frightened that she
screnl led and fainted. The burglar then fled, and
sever* S neighbors arriving to the assistance, found
her In tpless, and immediately summoned a physi-
cian. I Nhe expired, however, in a few moments,
from ( it excessive fright Caused by the presence of
the btf^glat.
LATE FROM CALIFORNIA;
New York, December 26. — The steamship Geo.
Law has arrived with California dates to the 12th.
News unimportant. Miners were greatly in want
of water. • ’ -•
A wit of habeas corpus had! been issued for the
Russian prisoners on bonrd the ship Sitka, at San
Francisco. Markets dull. i .
The news is generally unimportant. Seven hun-
dred dollars of the treasure lost on the Yankee
Blade liave been recovered by divere. An applica-
tion was made to the Judge of the 12th district for a
writ of habeas corpus to discharge the Russian pris-
oners on board the the Sitka. The point insisted on
by the counsel in making application seetned to be,
that the prisoners could not be retained on board the
Sitka, as she was a merchant vessel, and had come
here from an eastern port. The Sitka was a Russian
vessel, captured and brought to San Frtmoisco by
her captors from the action of Petropaulorski, having
remained a few days at Vancouver's Island. The
first application created considerable excitement. —
The writ was served by a deputy sheriff on an offi>-
eer second in command of Ute Sitka. Eight prison-
ers were to have been brought out on Monday, but
oil Sunday, the 26th; She hoisted anchov, got under
way, and left the harbor, probably for Vancouver.
'Die mines continue to yield abundantly), and it is
believed the yield wilt exceed that of nay previous
year. An immense piece of gold was taken out by
a company of five men in Caiaveros county, weigh-
ing 160 1-2 pounds, and valued at $88,916. Plati-
you will haye need for the oil of consolation and the
gift of die Itoly spirit, to enable you to pass through
the ordeal ; that you may not crumble nor break, but
that you may endure as polished stones, and shine
in the superstructure, the greatness and glory of
which shall attract the attention and command the
admiration of kings and emperors. So great shall
be the magnificence of Zion, that they will be con-
strained to bring their gold, silver and precious stones
to beautify lier temples, courts and palaces.
I wish you to feel happy and cheerful to-day
which is tlto very opposite spirit to that which feigns
in the religious and fashionable world , which is a spirit
of restraint, bondage, and misery. To meet' in their
several societies Would ho to me a perfect hell. ' ■>
I want everything to be done here in a spirit of
freedom and good feeling : the music and singing,
and all that is done, tend to rejoice the heart, ani-
mate the spirit, and happily ever person in this as-
sembly. If there is anything contrary or opposed to
tliis, 1 hope it will be overruled, restrained and ban-
ished, tliat the spirit of peace may reign unintemipt- '
Amen.
MARRIED— In this city on the 24th inst.,hy
Elder Milo Andrus, Mr. William Brown, son of
Hemy and Sarah Brown, late of Eugland, to Miss
Misjus JBlanchard, daughter of James and Maria
Blanchard, late of Ogbouni, St. George Wiltshire,
EngfegfL . . ... , .. _ j
In. cxunieoiiou with the above we beg leave to
state tjfOt we were present and shared the festivities
of thq^tecasion, and feel much pleasure in assuring
the fril ads of Mr. aud Mrs. Brown dim everything
was dffte up brown oil thut occasiou ; and we sin-
cerely’: tope that the products of this union may be
as nmtf irons and happy as were the guests.
horizon. The arm of retribution is extended, and
cannot be stayed;.
That we ate an the eve of t> general revolution
aud universal transition, is as plainly felt, as the sul-
try, oppressive atmosphere that precedes the raging
tempest. But what are the times and seasons?
What is to be the result of the coming strife ? WiH
it be fraught with good of evil ? To a world lying
in darkness, sill is uncertainty and doubt. But to the
saints of God, whose minds are enlightened by the
spirit of truth; all is ns dear as the noon-day sun.
They understand (hat the predictions of the proph-
ets, relating; to this generation, are being ful-
filled; The nations of the earth are ripe in iniquity
— the fullness of the Gentiles has came in — an angel
has descended from the courts of glory, restoring the
long lost Holy Priesthood, and revealing the Book
TJte inspired writers of this sacred
41s| 6d.; straight Baltimore, 43s.a43s. 6d.; good
Ohm, 44s.a45s.; wheat declined Id. Consols 93 1-2.
The Collins steamer Atlantic arrived out on- the
6th.
The Sarah Sands sailed from Liverpool on the
5th, and the Washington from Southampton on the
6tl>.
The latter had 100 passengers and a cargo valued
at £800,000.4
There is no news of importance from die seat of
war. Frequent sorties are recorded, and the Rus-
sians were generally repulsed without much loss on
either side. The Allies were continually receiving
reinforcements, and mainly engaged hi strengthen-
ing their positions.
The chief interest is centered in the negotiations,
which had become complicated and of vast import-
ance.! ; J.iiV
A treaty of alliance between Austria, France and
• Wqjl'JlsH. — The Io.va Capital Reporter has the
followjjig savage paragraph :
A gjtjat number of these animals are infesting the
county;.!# Muscatine, cultivating acquaintances with
hogs, *hteep, children, calves, in an exceedingly
sociabfs degree of loosness.
of Mormon, ij r ~' _ '
voltime, gazing into the mirror of eternal truth, :bave
predicted the ivery events that are now transpiring
ediy among
SSSM
ST. LOUIS LUMIN ARY— SATURDAY , DECEMBER 30, 1854.
The songs, recitations, &c., were delivered in die
following -order. Pennil us to say that oU went off
most admirably, each person engaged acquitting
himsr^f widi credit, and the fauiliug faces and tlie
e nth O- in stio cheering told how fully the uuJilora ap-
precta ed the efforts of the performers.
Qw.jtette by Mrs. Hutahins and Howard, and
Mcssri. Clegg and Hart.
Cat )’s Soliloquy, by J- Barker.
Shrg__v A nnghty man is Brigham Voting ; *' by
J. H. Hart.
Recitation. by Mrs. Brown.
So*#—' " Here’s in Memory of Joseph ; ” by Geo.
KnoyTdeu.
Arnhem— - 1 The Earth is the Lord’s and the ful-
ness thereof ; ” by the choir.
Recitation — Cassius instigating Brums against
4'iesat.i by S. J. Lees.
Song •“ In Deseret we’re free.” By George
Gardner.
A 'marriage had been announced id < onie ofl at
this >tage of the entertainment. Elder Andrus
therefore 'arose and delivered a short address upon
the institution of marriage, and solemnized die rour-
rmgeV rtvo couple, which were patlwticaUy blessed
by the President, arid enUiusiastioally clu-eted by the
assembly.
Elder Snow then blessed the congregation, when
the' Sneering was adjourned lor fifteen minutes, du-
ring which time the active waiterswere making pry-
pa rations to serve up the tea.
At half-past five o’clock the house was again
called to order, and a blessing was usked by Elder
SnoW. During the tea a general chit-chat was in-
dulged. occasionally broken ity the melodious strains
o! n)Ut ic fjrotn the melodion, by Mr. J, Seal.
TJtH'b was not fewer than six hundred persons
preserg. Notwithstanding this large number, thfere
was mating to disturb and annoy during the day;
hut evt'Ty countenance besjioke joy and satisfaction.
The-mecting being called to order, a deputation
from fte choir took advantage of the moment by ad-
vuneinS to. the presidential seat, and presented Elder
Erastus Snow a gold pen and pencil case, in lie hall
o! ther'Wetlireu of the choir, as a Christmas present,
intended as a slight expression ol good feeling,
affection, and confidence. A document was read by
the deputation expressive of the same, to which El-
der Suww replied as follows :
Dtx-i Brethren: Injustice to my own feelings,
l beg to express to you,. and tltrough you to the choir
- which you represent, my grateful acknowledgments
of this loken of your confidence and esteem, which
1 shall aver prize, not for its own intripsic value, but
as u token of the spontaneous feelings of your hearts
which jfjccumptuiy this pr, sentation. And l most
heartily, jtjin in your prayer that I ray ever be ena-
bled to-avield it in defense of truth and virtue, the
uuivenril riglits of uian, and ol the kingdom ol God
on the earth.
Pojinii me further to say, thnt if my brethren of
the choir, or the saints in general, have been blessed
and benefiued by my labors in their midst — if I have
taught diem correct principles of government, by
which they have been strengthened in the Lord and
encouraged to go forward in his service — I haw but
fulfilled my duty, and to God alone lielougs the
honor itiiti praise ; for it is through His spirit 1 have
been enabled to do all I have done.
My heart is full of blessings upon my brethren
and siners of the choir; and I pray that they may
mcreaje in proficiency in their holy ail, and with
iheir holy strains of heavenly music make glad the
hearts ol the Saints, angels, and. the Gods. Amen.
Three sisters, acting as a deputation for the female
portion of the choir, presented Elder Milo Andrus
with a silver guard and gold senl. The lair deputa-
tion, among other things, expressed then hope that
the recipient might be guarded in the path of duty
by thftSLord, and aided by the power of the Most
High -fo guard tile interests of his people, and to
bring : -to pass a great amount of good among the
i lnldr-4i of tnen. v
Kldr'r Andrus answered us follows: 1 receive this
token 'cT friendship from my sisters ol the choir with
a heai‘ full of gratitude towards them and my lieuv-
eilly Eiftber ; and I sincerely and most heartily sub-
scribe that portion of their address that expresses
a hope that 1 may ever be a guardian of the interest
and yyellare of tlie sisters as well os of the brethren.
I repeat that which 1ms been already said, it 1
ImVe accomplished any good among you foie ottribu-
lable to, tlie Almighty, for of myself 1 tun nothing,
and nan do noiliiiig; unto God, therefore, lar all
hotior and glury.
V our token of respect 1 will weaves long as 1 live ;
and 1 hope that as it brightens by weurmg, my mind
may .brighten by intelligence tor ever and ever.
Auien.
Toasts wore then read by S. J. Lera, from which
we select tlie following :
President Snow. When tlie winter is past, may
the laird continue “Snow” in our midst. Allen T.
■ Riley.
Mho Andrus, President of the Stake. A cham-
pion ol truth and defender of the faith. May his
word be the word of the Lord, and his counsel an
end of controversy. G. Gardner.
Mormonistn. May it, like the air, run through
and encircle the universe. S. J. Lees.
The President of this Stake. May he drive it so
deep, and pack the saints around it so close, that die
combined forces of earth and hell may never pull it
up. A. L. Siler.
Piesident E. Snojv. Mild when tlie sunshine ol
truth is on the countenances of the saints, but will
come down with a storm of hail and “Snow” on the
uamj-pressora of Israel. M. Andrews.
< To.tliy King, the anniversary of whose birth-day
we tkHnme morale. May He soon return to the earth
undA-njoy with the merry Mormons, and all true
heqrjad saints, a merry Christmas and a happy New
Vo*/ 3- H. Hart.
W die St. Louis asses bray, may a Snow-storm
swil^;jf overtake and smother them. J. He Hart
“Extravaganza; ” comic song by J. Swift and
company.
fSttag — •“ There’s quite a press in every Town ;
by -fj*. Giles. # i
Comjc Song — “ The Comical way to Heaven ; ’*
by (J. Knowlden.
Comic, b£r E. J. Clegg, Sen.
Recitation — **SaUtrdny IJveniug Thought*!
G. Giles. I
Song — “jit will never do to give it tip so; by H.
Morgan. 3
“ The Lnmiimry ; " an original song, by J. S.
Cantwell.
Comic Sdng— “ Poor Old Maids;” by J. Clegg.
Song— “Onward Brethren, let’s be gone by G.
Knowlden. j
Song — **5’m a Paint;” by J. H. Hart.
Song and chorus, by Mrs. Hutchins and compaiiy.
Song — “ jSon of Alknomak ; ” by C. Chard.
Song — “The Merry Mormons; ” by E. Snow,
Recitation — “ The days of tyranny and wrong are
not lorecer ; ” Viy G. Knowlden.
Anthem, by the choir.
President! Snow then arose and said:
Dear Brethren— Judgrag from my own feelings,
I consider it wotdd he beta soon U> bring our meet-
ing to a close. We have had p g<Ll time, and I am
well satisfied with all the performances of the day.
The members of the choir have acquitted themselves
admirably to-day, and have added considerably to
our entertainment ; the thanks of! the congregation
are due them. ,
Perhaps We have here some over-fastidious per-
sons, who are siill coated over with tlie superstitions
of their fathers, who may think we have gone to ex-
tremes in some of our entertainments, in a house
dedicated to the Lord, and on Christmas day. In
justice to my feelings and the performers, I ask such
persous to point out anything in word or act that Ims
been sinful before God or pure-minded people on
earth or in heaven, that has been committed here to-
day. If any have sinned in their thoughts, it is be-
tween them nnd their God. I feel we have had an
opportunity of being edified, instructed, cheered,
comforted, and our souls made to rejoice together in
all iunocency and purity before God and each other.
I feel to say that we have rejoiced together this day
in all purity of heart ns his faithful children.
I have another subject I wish iny brethren and
sisters to consider, that is, whether our recreations
and amusements should not be considered a parl.of
our religion, and opeued at all limes by prayer as
our other religious services, that when we make
merry in our hearts it may be unto the Lord. Is not
this festival a part of our religioi»|, and should it not
be dedicated unto our God, and lie guided and di-
rected by His priesthood ?
You will perceive that this day’s enjoyment lias
been so arranged. It has been uijider the counsel of
those over you in the Lord. Brethren and sisters
you have our blessings. And I feel to call down the
blessings of the Almighty upon this congregation
and to say, go your way in peqce, let your souls
magnify tin- Lord, lift up your heads and rejoice
My heart is full of blessings towards you, bemuse
you have listened to the commands of your brethren,
und you have rationally and innocently enjoyed your-
selves.
In the valleys of the mountains we are trying all
the time-to attain to a higher state of morality and
purity, that the Lord may be sanctified in our hearts,
in our merry makings, and on afl other ofcasions,
being under the guidance and diijection of those set
over ur> in the Lord.
Permit .lie to say to all, both old and young, from
this time forward in all your amusements, seek eouiv
sel of those set over you, and eitht r they will preside
over you themselves or appoint some one for that pur-
pose who will tnke the oversight and charge, and he
will see that nothing transpire tliaj would offend God
or create in ill-feeling in the midst of the Saints.
This is how wc do in the valley. Do you feel, dear
brethren and sisters, that this is right ? and are you
willing to follow in the same course ? You have the
experience of this day: are you satisfied? I feel
that you are. I will make a motion : I propose that
we, the Saints in tins city, will in all our re'-UDions
for amusement, first seek the advice, counsel and ap-
probation of those over us, and receive them as
Presidents on such occasions, or those whom they
may send. The motion was seconded and carried
unanimously.
E. Snow continued:. I feel by this course you will
retain the spirit of the Lord, and His blessing will
:tbide upon you.
There are a great many habit! and customs that
we have been accustomed to from our childhood
which our fathers have indulged n, which are alter
the manner of the Gentiles; we wish to attain to
something nobler. We do not di spise anything the
Gentiles possess that is good, bu . we wish to sepa-
rate ourselves from everything injjpure, and aspire to
something that will dignify and exalt us in tlie king-
dom of our God.
If in the future auy of you get up a party, and in
vile me there, I shall expect you have the npproba
tion of those over you in the Lord, and that there is
a man of God to preside there, who will know what
is to come ofl’ before I go there. I do not want to
be invited to a party without knowing who is to pre
side, and what are to be the proceedings.
May we grow stronger in faith, and may we live
in union as children of God, is my prayer in the
name of Jesus Christ. Ainen.
Elder Andrus sxpressed his satisfaction with the
proceedings of die day, and proposed a vote of thanks
to the choir, also to Elder Harris, the marshal of the
day.
Elder Snow blessed the congregation, after which
the Saints retired quietly to their homes, about half
past 9 o'clock, 'having spent the day joyous to them
selves, and in all things agreeable to the Lord and
his servants. S. J. Lens, Reporter.
An Earthquake. — The Exeter (N. H. ) News
Letter states that at about one o’clock on Monday
morning, a smart shock of an earthquake was expe
rienced in that town. It says that “ the motion of
the earth was quite perceptible, aud its action upon
furniture and loose windows and doors, was anything
but agreeable to weak nerves The noise attending
was like that of the swift approach of a iieavy carri-
age on frozen ground, but when the shock appeared
to be immediately beneath, it was much heavier.—
The Portsmouth Chronical states that the shock of the
earthquake was also felt in that city, in Greenland,
and other of the surrounding towns,”
Teachings ol Joseph Smith. — Important Extracts
from his History, commencing 27th Jane, 1849,
Nattvoo, XU.
At this time I taught the brethren at considerable
length, on the following subjects :
Faith eotaes by hearing the word of God thro’
the testimony of the servants of God ; that testimony
» always attended by the Spirit of Prophecy and
Revelation.
Repentance is a thing tltnt cannot be trifled with
etery day. Daily transgression and stailly repen-
tance is not that which is pleasing in the sight of
God.
Baptism is a holy oidinance preparatory to the
reception of the Holy Ghost ; it is the channel and
kfey by which the Holy Ghost will be administer-
ed.
The gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of
hands, cannot be received through the medium of
any other principle than the principle of righteous-
ness ; for if the proposals are not complied with, it is
of no use, but withdraws.
Tongues were given for the purpose of preaohing
among those whose language is not understood, as
on the day of Pentecost, etc.; and it is not necessary
fqr tongues to be taught in the church particularly :
for any tnan that has the Holy Ghost, can speak of
the things of God in his own tongue as well as to
speak in unother ; lor faith comes not by signs, but
by hearing the word of God.
The doctrine of the resurrection of the dead; and
eternal judgment, are necessary to preach among
the first principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Tlie doctrine of electiou — St. Paul exhorts us to
make our calling and election sure. This is that
sealing power spoken of by Paui in other places —
(see Ephesians, 1st chapter, 13-14. verses) “ In
whom ye also trusted that, after ye- heard the word
of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also
after thin ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy
Spirit of promise which is die earnest of our inheri-
tance until the redemption of the purchased posses-
sion, unto the praise of his glory, that we may be
sealed up to the day of redemption.” This principle
ought (in its proper place) to be tuughi; for God
hath not revealed anything to Joseph, but what he
will make known unto the Twelve, and even the
least saint may know all things as fast as he is able
td bear them ; for the day must come when no man
need say to his neighbor, know ye the Lord, for all
shall know him ( who remain) from tlie least to the
gretrte&t. How is this to lie done ? It is to be done
by - this sealing power, and the other comforter spo- 1
ken of, which will be manifest by revelation. There
are two comforters spoken of. Ono is the Holy
Ghost, the same as given on the day of Pentecost,
and that all saints receive after laith, repentance, and
baptism. The first comforter, or Holy Ghost, 1ms no
other effect than pure intelligence. It is more pow-
erful in expanding the mmd, enlightening the under-
standing. and storing the intellect with present know-
ledge, of a man who is the literal seed of Abrnlmm,
than one that is a Gentile, though it may not have
half as much visible effect upon the body; for as the
Holy Ghost fails upon one of the literal seed of
Abraham, it is calm and serene, and his whole soul
and body are only exercised by the pure spirit of in-
telligence: while tlie eft'ect of the Holy Ghost upon
Gentile, is to purge out the old blood, and make
him actually of the seed of Abraham. That man
dun has none of the seed of Abraham, (naturally)
must have a new creation by the Holy Ghost. In
suph a case, there may be more of a powerful effect
upon the body, and visible to the eye, than upon an
Israelite, while the Israelite at first might be far be-
fore the Gentile in pure intelligence.
The oilier comforter spoken of, is a subject of
great interest, and perhaps understood by few of this
generation. After a person hath faith in Christ, re-
p inn< of his sins, and it, baptized for the remission
of his sins, and receives the Holy Ghost, (by the
laying on of hands) which is die first comforter, (hen
let him condnue to humble himself before God, hun-
gering and thirsting after righteousness, and living
by every word of God, trod the Lord will soon say
unto him, Son, thou shall be exalted, etc. When
die Lord has thoroughly proved him, and finds that
the man is determined to serve him at all hazards,
the man will find his calling and election made sure;
then it will be his privilege to receive the other com-
forter which the Lord hath promised the saints, as is
recorded in the testimony of St. John, in the XIV
chapter, from the 12th to the 27th verses.
Note the 16, 17, IS, 21, 23, verses — (16th v.)
“ Aud I will pray the Father, and he shall give you
auolher comforter, dial he inay abide widi you- for-
ever, (17)'even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world
cannot receive lx- cause it seeth him not,' neither
knowedi him; but ye know him, for he dwelleth
with you, and shall be in you ; ( 18) I will not leave
you comfortless; I will come to you. (21 ) He that
hath my commandments aud keepeth diem, he it is
that lovelh me ; and lie that lovedi me shall bo loved
of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest
myself to him. (23) If a man love me, he will keep
my words, anti my Fatiier will love him, and we
trill come unto liim aud make our abode widi him.”
Now, what is this other comforter? It is no more
or less than the Lord Jesus Christ himself; and this
i$ the sum and substance of the whole matter — that
When any man obtains this last comforter, he will
liave the personage of Jesus Christ, to attend him, or
appear unto him from time to time, nnd even he will
manifest the Father unto him, and they will take
up their abode with iron, and the visions of heaven
will be opened unto him, and the Lord will teach
him face to face, and he may have a perfect know-
ledge of the mysteries of die kingdom of God ; and
this is the stale and place the ancient saints arrived
at, when diey had such glorious visions — Isaiah,
Ezekiel, John upon the Isle of Patinos, St. Paul in
the three heavens, and all the saints who congrega-
ted with the general assembly and Church of the
First Born, &c.
Tlie Spirit of Revelation is in coiuiexion with
these blessings. A persou may profit by ‘noticing
the first intimations of the Spirit of Revelation ; for
instance, when you feel pure intelligence unto you
it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, that by no-
doing it, you may find it fulfilled die same day, or
soon ; (i. e.) those things that were presented unto
your minds by the Spirit ol‘ God, will ctme to pass
and thus by learning the Spirit of God and under-
standing it, you may grow iuto the principle of Ret -
elution, until you become perfect in Christ Jesus.
An Evangelist is a Patriarch, even the oldest man
of the blood of Joseph or of the seed of Abraltain.
Wherever the Church of Christ is established in ft-
earth, diere should be a Patriarch for the benefit ol
die saints, as it was with Jacob in giving his patri-
archal blessing unto iris sous. Sic.
Instructions for the Twelve and Other*, July,
2d, 1849. ■
Afternoon — went with the Twelve and some of
die Seventies, who are about to proceed on their
mission to Europe, and the nations of the earth, nnd
the islands of the sea.
The meeting was openedMiy singing triad prayer ;
after which the Presidency proceeded to Bless two of
die Twelve who had lately been ordained into that
Quorum; namely, Witford Woodruff and George
A. Smith, aud one of ihe Seventies, namely, Theo-
dore Turley, after which blessings were also pro-
nounced by them on die heatis of the wives of some
of those about to go abroad.
Tite meeting was then addressed by President
Hyrum Smith, by way of advice to the Twelve, &£.,
chiefly concerning the nature of their mission; their
pracdoing prudence and humility in their plans or
subjects for preaching; the necessity of their not
trifling widi their office, and of holding on strictly to
the importance of their mission, and the audiority of
the Priesthood. I then addressed diem nnd gave
much instruction calculated to guard them against
self-sufficiency, self-righteousness, and self-impor-
tance ; touching upon many subjects valuable to ull
who wish to walk humbly before the Lord, but espe-
cially teaching them to observe charity, wisdom,
and fellow feeling, with love one towards another in
all diitigs, and under all circumstances, in substance
as follows:
Ever keep in exercise tho principle of tnercy, and
be ready to forgive our brother on the firin intima-
tions of repentance, and asking our forgiveness; and
should we even forgive our brother, or even our ene-
my, before they repent or ask for forgiveness, our
Huavenly Father would be equally as merciful unto
us.
Again : Let the Twelve and all saints be willing
to confess all their sins, and nttt keep back a part
and let the Twelve be humble and not be exalted,
and beware of pride, and not seek to excel one above
another, but act for each other’s good, and pray for
one and another, and honor our brother, or make
honorable mention of his name, and npt backbite
and devour our brother. Why will not man learn ■
wisdom by precept, at this late age of the world,
when we have such a cloud of witnesses and exam-
ples before us, and not be obliged by sad- experience
everything we know ? Must the new ones that ore
chosen to fill tlie places of those that are fallen, oj
the Qotmun of die Twelve, begin to exalt them-
selves, until they exalt themselves so high tlrnt they
will soon tiunble over and have a great fall, aud go
wallowing through the inud and mire and darkness,
Judos like, to the bufferings of Satan, as several of
the Quorum hope done, .or will they learn wisdom
and be wise? (0, God ! give them wisdom, aud
keep diem humble, I pray.)
When the Twelve, or any other witnesses, stand
before the congregations of the earth, and they
preach in tlie power and demonstration of the Spirit
of God, nnd the people are astonished and confound-
ed at the doctrine, and say that a man haB preached
a powerful discourse, a great sermon, then let that
man, or those men, take care that they do not ascribe
the glory unto themselves, but be careful that diey
are bumble, and ascribe the praise and glory to God
and the Lamb ; for it is by the power of the Holy
Priesthood and Holy Ghost they have power thus to
speak. What art thou, O man, but dust? — And
from whom dost thou receive all power and all bless-
ings, but from God ?
Then, O ye Twelve! notice this key, and be wise,
for Christ’s sake, and your own souls' sake. Ye are
not sent out to be taught, but to teach. Let every
word be seasoned with grace. Be vigilaut ; be sober.
It is a day ef warning, and not of many works. Act
honest before God and man. Beware of Gentile
sophistry-; such as bowing and scraping unto 'men
in whom ye have no confidence. Be honest, open,
trod frank in all your intercrcouree with mankind.
O, ye Twelve ! and all saints ! profit by this im-
portant key — that in all your trials, troubles, temp-
tations, afflictions, bonds, imprisonments and death ;
see to it, that you do not betray Heaven ; that yon do
not betray your brethren ; that you do not betray the
Revelations of God : whether in the Bible, Book of
Mormon, or Doctrine and Covenants, or any other
that ever was or ever will be given and revealed
unto tnan in this work! or that which is to come. —
Yea, in all your kicking and floundering, see to it
that you do not this thing, lest innocent blood be
found in your skirts, and you go down to hell. All
other sins arc not to be compared to sinning against
the Holy Ghost, and proving u traitor to thy brethren.
I will give one of the keys of the mysteries of the
kingdom. It is an eternal principle, that has exist-
ed with God from all eternity : — That man who rises
up to condemn others, finding fault with the Church
saying that they are out of the way while he himself
is righteous, then know assuredly that that man is in
the high road to apostacy; and if he does not
repent, will apostatize as God lives. The principle
is as correct as tlie one that Jesus put forth in saying
that he who seekelh a sign is an adulterous person ;
and the priciple is eternal, undeviating, and firm as
the pillars of heaven ; for whenever you see a man
seeking after a sign, you may s<t it down that he is
an adulterous man.
POSTMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT.
We give this morning the annual report of the
Postmaster General. It is a long, ably and care-
fully prepared document, aud cannot fail to excite u
feeling of admiration, if not surprise, at its clear ex-
hibit of ita successful workings of a postal system
without a parallel in the world for simplicity and ex-
tent. For the convenience of the render, we muke
up the following abstract :
There are 23,548 postoffices in the United States ;
tlie atuiunl compensation of 257 of which amount 1o
#1,000 and upwnrds. During the Inst year 1,842
offices were established, and 614 discontinued.
Number of postmasters appointed during the same
time, 8,618. Removals, 1,977. Number of mail
routes, 6,697. Number of mail contractors, 5,167.
Total annual transportation of mails, 68,387,005
miles, at a cost of #3,630,676 ; thus, 21,287,604
miles by modes not specified, at 5 ceufs per mile ;
20,890,430 miles by coach, at 6 cents per mile; 15,-
433,389 miles by railroad, al 12 cents 4 mills pet
mile ; 6,795,493 miles by steamboat, at 8 cents 4
mills per mile. Increase in the transportation dur-
ing the |H»st year, 2 1-2 per cent.
Tlie expenditures of the department during the
past year were #8,577,424.12, and rite revenue #6,-
955. 586.28. To tlie former must be added #133,-
493.33, balances due foreign offices, which jpould
leave the total deficiency for ,the year 1854 nt #1,-
755.321.28. The deficiency lor the year 1853 was
#2,117,078.20 — leaving a difference in favor ol
18(53 of #861, 756. The increase in the Revenue of
1854, compared with thy revenue of 1863, is #970,-
399.49— qr about 19 per cent.
Owing to causes not within the control of the de-
partment, the expenses of the current year will
greatly exceed those ot the past year. 1 hey are es-
timated at #9,841,921.33. This increase will be
owing to the additional compensation of postmasters
aud the enhanced prices demanded by contractors at
tho last lettings.
A uniform plan of registration io warmly recom-
mended as an additional protection for the safe de-
livery of hitters of value, rite want of such a safe-
guard bus loug been felt ; aud as the cost ol its
luaintainance will fall directly upon those who will
cheerfully bear the expense, we see no good reason
why it should not be incorporated into our postal sys-
tem us one of its principal features.
During tlie three yeurs commencing July 1, 1861,
85,707,022.03 postage stamps aud stamped envelopes
have been issued by the department, of uffiioli #6,-
092,301 were sold.
For die last year tho cost ol the service on the va-
rious United States mail steamship lines and across
tlie isthmus, was us follows: Collins line, twenty-six
round trips, #58,000; New York and Bremen, eleven
round trips, #183,333.26 ; New York and Havre,
eleven round trips, #137,500 ; Astoria and Panama,
via San Francisco, twenty-four round trips, #348,- 1
250; New York and New c rleans to Aspinwall,
#298,000r, Charleston and Havana, #50,000 ; New
Orleans to Vera Cruz, twenty-four round trips, #37,-
000; Aspinwall to Panama, #119,727. Total #2,- _
023,010.29.
The service performed by the several lines of ocean
mail steamships is treated nt lftrge. The Postmaster
General ie of opiuiou that the compensation now re-
ceived is too large, and dial die present system is
calculated to drive oil' private competition. He also
states that the Nicaragua company have offered to
carry a weekly mail between New York and Cali-
fornia for the sum of #600,000 per an uuin, which he
thinks is the highest rate of pay which ought to be
demanded. The cost this year for a seini-mouthly
mail, by die isthmus route, is #757,977.60.
Arrangements liaye been made with the Australia
line of monthly packets to convey mails regularly
between New York and Australia. The rates on
all outgoing tuauer have been fixed at five cents a
a letter, two cents each for newspapers, and one cent
an ounce for pamphlets and magazines. The rates
embrace both the United States inland and sea post-
New Copper Coin. — The new one cent pieces
will be issued from the Mint in the course of a few
days. They are considerably smaller than die old
one cent pieces, and form a really beautiful copper
coin. On one side ia the head of Liberty, and the
thirteen stars being omitted, the surface ia plain and
polished. The reverse is the same design os the old
cent, but brighter and much more finished. There
is a certain amount of alloy mixed with, the copper,
and the perfection of die die gives to the coin a fin-
ish and elegance that has never heretofore been at-
tained in our copper coinage. The new coin will be
universally welcomed as a needed and creditable im-
provement — ^Phila, Pennsylvanian, 13th. , r ;
age. ./
The appendix which accompanies the report con-
tains a vast amount of useful information, which will
repay die trouble of a careful perusal. — [Washington
Union.
A Bad Case.— A Racine Maniac from Spiritualism
A commission de. hmatico inquirendo was institu- , j
ted at the Nelson House, in this village, on Tuesday
lost, which resulted in finding Nathan Nathanson,
a German pedlar of jewelry, insane.
It appears thnt, about three weeks ago, he became
acquainted with some persons in Fairfield who are
believers in the spirit-rapping delusion, nnd practiced
as media. Nathanson witnessed the phenomena of
table moving and communications from the dead-
affecting to deride it aft; in the evening he was ob-
served to be considerbly agitated. He spent the
night in die house. Before the morning he aroused
the family by cries for help, and exhibited a very **
strong nervous excitement
From dial time he wus possessed with the idea
that he was a medium — that his arms and hands
were moved by supernatural influence — and in three
weeks he becatne a raving maniac, his business
prospects, which were flattering, destroyed ; his
learnings, which amount to a considerable suml about
to be expended for his support and recovery, and
himself doomed, possibly, to die sad life of a con-
firmed lunatic: — [Mohawk Courier, Dec. 14.
; —
Missouri Leoislztue. -*r-The Renata was or-
ganized on Monday lost — the Lieut. Governor pre-
siding ; W. D. McCracken Secretary, Mr. Vanove^ ^
Assistant; H. H- Baber Engrossing Clerk; Faria
Pipkin Enrolling Clerk.
The House met and proceeded to ballot for Speak-
er; three candidates being pul; in nomination — New-
ltrod, Whig, Barrett, Benton Democrat, Acock, Anti.
-Qu the sixth ballot Newlaud was elected, receiv-
ing 64 votes— 20 Benton men voting for him. F.
Blair was die first to secede.
Previous to the nomination of officers, the Whigs
held a caucus, and adopted u resolution that they
would not vote for any opponent of the Nebraska
Bill.
It is said that the Know Knothiugs are increasing
rapidly at Jefferaop City, and it is thought that'**
majority of die. members belong to the order.
believed dial when fully organized, they will act ih
a body, independent of all othbr parties— the distino--
lions qf whigs aud democrats being repudiated.
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« tUtdf /ftiaw wi
’CLEAN'S YOLCAXtr OIL JUTtO-WENT W truly 9 cehrtvj.
. tod n-oMilyjr’MKt baa done mop: (o alleviate buumu.aiiiftriHK Unp
ecus wiRof God. Wicked men should not be al-*
lowed more than one wife, if- that, far one is more
than they deserve. '^v«i ■ : ::H <• • > >, u'/A ;ii
“ In connection with these principles, the seducer
and adulterer should receive the penalty of death,
and the female decoyed, drugged, or forced far im-
pure or illegal intercourse should be pitied and treat-
ed as innocent. These principles ore engraved in
the heart? of the Latter-day Saints. Did such prin-
ciples prevail in Turkey, it would be foremost in the
rank of nations.
*' What is (waned *tbe great am oi great cities,’ but
which nevertheless extends its torturous windings
and labyrinlhal ramifications into every nook and-
corner ofciyilization, has long been a most perplex-
ing social problem, and permit me to say, that preach-
ers may anathematize, statesmen may proscribe, ed-
itors may Stigmatise, orators may denunciate, and
the rabble may madly join in the chorus, but the
principles held by the Latter-day Saints must reign
triumphant jen the hearts of the people, or at least in
the hearts of those who make and those who' execute
the law, before the loathsome plague-spot of whore-
dom, adultery and illegitimacy is banished from the
land, or a pure moral air is breathed.
“ Setting aside the hourly perpetrated enormities
of ‘illegal intercourse’ in this and other Christian
lands, when the undue frequency of even * legal in-
tercourse ’ among monogamists is considered, surely
nothing can be urged from their platform against the
system of Latter-day Saints. Is it not a fact that
thousands of civilized and Christian monogamists,
lawfully married, live in a far more impure state
than a polygamist possibly can ? Yea, do not many
conscientious mouoguinists descend where a consci-
entious polygamist is unable — to a condition below
that of the beasts of the field ?
“As far as the female (especially) is concerned,
then, hpw in the name of common sense can polyga-
my be more ‘ disgusting,’ 1 abominable,’ 1 horrible to
think of,’ ; irredeemably degrading ’ and ‘ atrocious’
than monogamy is, taking the Latter-day Saints and
civilization as the respective exponents of the two
systems ?
“ I have scarcely entered on the threshhold of die
subject, but lest I trespass on your space, I forbear
further extending my remarks.
“ I am yours, Stc., JOHN JAQUES.’’
MUSIC AT HOME !
Music serves to make home pleasant, by eugagiug
many of its inmates in a delightful recreation, anti
tints dispelling the sourness and glqom. which fre-
quently arrises from petty disputes, from mortified
vanity, from discontent and eu,vy. It prevents for
the time t” least, evil thoughts and evil speaking, and
tends to relieve the minds of both performers und
bearers from the depressing effects of care and mel-
ancholy. Young people need and willjiave amuse-
ments. If innocent and iinprovmg amusements be
not provided at home, they seek it elsewhere. If
they find places more agreeable to them than home,
that home will be deserted; and thus rite gentle and
holy influences wluoh ought to encircle the family
fireside, will be in a great measure lopt.
For surely, melody from heaven was sent,
To cheer the heart when tired of human strife;
To soothe the Wayward heart, by sorrow rent,
And soften down the rugged road of life.”
| j - : - • LAKE CITY. - cXh v
| | ;; •>- Ut*ah Count?, Oct. 18, ’64.
Mr. Editor . — A few words by die wav of keep-
ing you posted up respecting our settlements, may
not ibe uninteresting. Concerning our plage, better
known as American Fork, we are gelling along
very well, having no trouble from the Indians, not-
withstanding our close proximity to, the spot where
tar Ihr I.uuunpry.
J ., ftV 40i*PU fiUUrdOft. j,..
We'rsatl a»ik» whaw’er we meet,
i Although each face be quite uuknown ;
As triends we can each other greet —
We claim each other as our own.
I The hauds firm shake, the kindly smite.
The moHow, genial words thot flow,
That pleasing something in our style.
What is if? Ah, the Mormons know,
Some blest are termed for having wealth,
i And some are envied foe their lore ;
Give me kind frionds and ample health,
Thon blame me if I ask for more.-
t When sickness, poverty, and death,
1 At us thetr angry arrows stfnd,
, What cheers onr souls with hope and faith ?
The voice and kindness of a friend.
! Then while we live let pure good will
Play In the bosom of cactr one,
And in our acts be watchful still,
i Each evil thought and deed to shun.
yAnd may our friendship greater grow —
v Such friendship as shall have no end ;
And soon ’twill be where’er wc go
We’ll meet a brother and o friend.
. Lovja Nov. 10th, lSi-h
the tremendous battle between the Snakes and U tails,
^ A— .1 1 • _ 1 . i i t i
recorded in a late number of the News, took place,
which, by the hy, as I am on the subject of war, re-
minds me very much of the Russian war, especially
the tremendous efforts made by England and France
— quite a hullabaloo, but nobody hurt.
Oar airy wall is progressing.
We had excellent
crops of wheat, bat oats and com were severely in-
jured by grasshoppers. Potatoes will be passable.
We have secured in this fort about 300 tons of hay.
I know of no one crazy concerning merchandise — all
believing there will be plenty in market.
We are building a tithing store honse, IS by 22,
with a good cellar, and intend having it finished this
season. We hold our meetings regularly three
timesa week. The Seventies are organized under
FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS.
; , TO BE SOLD SOB CASH,
AT VERY LOW PRICES,
OUK IMMENSE STOCK OF GOOD*,
At No. 142 'nurd Street,
Preparatory to elating the Store.
KGBKRT A CRANK.
OK. Uj’Sd. : r t g **-
Americans in the Holt LanH. — A bout two
years ago, eight American Christians conceived and
carried out the novel idea of planting an American
colony in the Holy Land. They first located near
Jerusalem, hut subsequently removed to a place near
Joppa, in the plains of sharon. Here they devoted
themselves to the arts of agriculture, and to the culti-
vation of friendly relations with the Arabs ; procured
agricultural implements, and now in their letters
home they give the most glowing and attractive de-
scriptions of the fertility of the soil. They are able
to raise three crops in the year — two in sununer, by
means of irrigation, and one in winter, when they
have the aid of the winter rains. The crops grow
luxuriantly, and more abundantly than in the United
States, and nearly every kind of vegetable and gram
raised in this country, can be procured at Palestine.
A olcoo om tho retail btulnees, or | wlah to mm nil my mo at Into Un
wholesale trade, which I have establish, at on Urn Urn comor <fi Mato niw
Washington Av*noc.
(jfrnAt Bftfftatns may looked Xor, in doting out my heavy Rock.
Call nod examine now.
I* I* W„ HOIT.
Nov. 26, >64. • P Tn»-J
ST. LOUIS TYPE FOUNDRY
BIT OOUVgRNEUR MORRIS.
’Tit he who every thought, nnd deed
By rule of virtue moves ;
Whose generous tongue disdains to speak
The thing his heart disproves.
Who never did a slander forge,
His neighbor’s fams to wound ;
Nor hearken to n false report
By malice whispered round
Who vice in all its pomp and power
Can treat with just neglect ;
And piety, though clothed In rags,
Religiously respect.
Who to his plighted word aad trust
,Hns very firmly stood ;
And though he promise to hit loss,
He makes hts promise good
Whose soul In usury disdains
His treasure to employ ;
Whom no rewards can ever bribe
i The guiltless to destroy .
LAMB AND LAZY
A TABLE.
Two beggars, Lame and Lazy, were in want of
bread. One leaned on his crutch, the other reclined
on his couch.
Lame called on Charity, and humbly asked for a
cracker. Instead of a cracker he received a loaf.
Lazy , seeing the gift of Charity, exclaimed, “What,
ask a cracker and receive a loaf? Well, I will ask
for a loaf,”
Lazy now applied to C’ha
of bread.
“ Y our demanding a loaf
you are a loafer. You are
ter who ask and receive not
Lazy, who always found fault, and had rather
whine than work, complained of ill treatment^ and
even accused Charity of a breach of an exceeding
Dancer or Idleness. — I t Is no overstatement to
say, that other tilings being equal, the man who has
the greatest amount of intellectual resources is in the
least danger from inferior temptation? ; if for no oth-
er reason, because he lias fewer idle moments. The
ruin of most men dates from some vacant hour.
Occupation is the armor of the soul, and the train of
idleness is borne up by all the vices. I reinembev a
satirical poem, in which the Devil is; represented ns
fishing for men, and adapting his baits to the taste
and temperament of his prey, but the idler, he said,
pleased him most, because lie bit the naked hook.
— [Geo. S, Hillard's Mercantile Library Address.
called for a loaf
Comparison between Christian Monogamists and
Turkish Polygamists.
At a meeting of the New York Bibb; Society, on
the 27th instant, the Hon. G. P. Marsh, fote United
States Minister at Constantinople, made the follow-
ing remarks :
The chairman next called on George P. Marsh,
late American Minister at Constantinople, whose ad-
dress was listened to with the closest interest. He
said that he would attempt no oraiorial effort — that
his remarks would tend to illustrate the social and
moral position of Turkey. The countries styled the
Levant were inhabited chiefly by Mussulmans, some
Jews, and by Christians of the Greek and American
sects. All of them stand equally m need of the
Bible. There are no legal, but there are practical
obstacles to the circulation of the Bible among the
latter classes. It was carious to compare the moral
status of the Mohammedan with that of the profess-
edly Christian population.
The Mussulman is better than his false religion,
the Asiatic Christian is worse than hut corrupted
creed. The former'' is in practice respectable, the
latter vicious. There is a difference in the character
of the races— the one has preserved entire the purity
of his faith, the other lias corrupted it. As to the
Mussulman, the more we examine the subject the
/ZAAAMAK A** ' ^ ^ — — ■*-' — . * — — 1
No. 171 N. E. Corner of Market amt Tlh Street,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
:* JAiWUES TURNER
/■revs eoii'Uiully for .s»le, Bread, Gradient ol ell kinds, Cake*, Oin
k dlej, ,'ontteti, Ale, Toner, Soils, Tobacco, Cigars, Stc.
A MORMONITB’S PLEA FOR POLYGAMY
• ' We have much pleasure in submitting to our read-
ers the following pithy letter, from the pen of Elder
Jacques, to the editor of the Atlas, and published in
that paper of Nov. 4, under the above caption :
■‘To the Editor or the Atlas :
“ Sir — t trust you will be sufficiently liberal to al-
,low me to offer a few remarks npon your leader re-
lating to the ‘Momionites,’ and published in die
Allas of Oct. 28. Lest 1 tresspass too much on your
space, I will only speak of one portion of your article —
that relating to the Latter-day Saints’ system of plu-
rality of wives,
' , “ You designate this system ‘ disgusting,’ ‘ abom-
inable, 1 ‘ horrible to think of,’ ‘ irredeemably degrad-
mgf' and atrocious.’ The Latter-day Saints are
‘wretched dupes,’ and their system panders to the ‘li-
centious passions of wicked men.’ Thjs may be
your opinion, and your denunciations may be very
popular, yet I must be allowed to deny, point blank.
il?e justice and truth of yonr statements. But I do
not wish to be misunderstood here. Polygamy, ob-
served according to the law of Gsd, is productive of
.the greutest amount of social benefit and happiness,
ihlivjdually and nationally. It opens the way for
alf men and women to fulfill the purpose of their
creation, whilst monogamy tends to restrict them.
But polygamy, when perverted, is truly a fearful in-
strument of licentiousness, and individual and na-
tional degradation and ruin. Astonishingly
ANECDOTE OF MR. CHOATE.
At the trial of the salvage case of the bark Mis-
souri, at Boston, last week, the ease in which part of
thy cargo was emliezzled by the masters of the two
vessels on the coast of Sumatra, one of the masters
W4S examined as jt witness, anil disclosed ike plan
of j embezzlement, and suited the inducements tlmt
wyre offered to him by the oilier muster. He said
that he objected at first, and told his comrade they
would be found out and convicted, but was overborne
by the assurance given him. Mr. Choate cross-ex-
amined him strictly and particularly as to what tile
inducements and assurances were. The witness had
the appearance of holding hack a HUle, but «t last
Iib said: “ Well, Sir, he fold me that if we were
found out, he could get Mr. Choate to defend us, and
hej would get us off if we were caught with ike money
■in our boots." It was not five minutes nor ten min-
utes that it required to bring the audience back to
sober countenance,
• i DR. WHITE,
U1SCOVKHKR OF TUB
SYMPTOM A TRlTINORIC SYSTEM,
Foi Diagonlalng all Diseases of the Chest and
Lungs,
May. It* CetimiMed dully nt hia Oafiicc, No. till PINE S«.,
bfluvpn Ith Jc 6 tli| from 2 to 5 P. M.
Acc.mltiifc to vroli authenticate tOaUfilleal repojtoy one out of every
slx ol all the deaths that occur In K^ropc or America; are from dliraaea
of the lungK alone. *
Judging trout the above data, there are at the imtoni time «rtlhJu tba
city of 8 t. Lout*, n» lea*!.
iFIFTRF.N THOUSAND
Individual* who have dNeaxei Heated upon tholr lung*. It U equally tru«
th»t the M«ilchl Pivievdotij without exception, arc uuablr totMeci udl»-
cttHF upon ih&m organ* In aeaaon to t&Tcct a radical cuus } and thin b» Urn
reason why that cFaw ol dlswcH bav»* proved to unlvcrtaUy fatal. And
hence (his new dlwrrery offcr* tho <h \ Ij mean* extant for dit.cting pul-
tnohxry dKcw* in their incipient Hage*, or In time tooinxt aruru In «v*
tty, cnee, to ill! probability, U ,000 out of Iheabove number tnayeacupea
priyuaturu ku»vc, by at on*x* avalllua themaelve* of the bencdti uf «hl»
important dUcovcry.
P.-ut uu- uud (JuArdUnhah iuld tuUml' every member oi their families
to an ImniHlhito examination by tills New Synlrm If they would avoid,
a rNponsibllitydcMrablotb none hut luihMK. They ahould not tupex any
pecuniary consideration Ui delur them froth TOdplng UA benefit* if they
would protect those committed to their charge from ooc of tho moot (a-
tai dhratcM that exist* upon thin continent. If they rolyttpoii Utclr ffttn-
hy- , physician to apprise them 9 / Unj. existence of l hi* Urepdlul dlwt*ac>
depend upon it, not one cuxi? out ot a hnndivd will cverirco var. Deads
of famlUca, arc you prepared to otfer tho*o committed to your r«pon*lWa
charge a sacrifice to projodh^i when-thea* lnconfroverfahlu factfl aro be-
fore youV If so, tho re*pbn»ibUlty roaUt entirely with you.
1 C ifii n i.
A Fire and its Moral. — Recently a fire broke
oqt on 3d street, near Washington avenue, but was
extinguished by the St. Louis boys bofore any very
material damage was sustained.
After the flames were subdued, n fine gold ring
was picked up by one of the firemen, who, approach-
ing a woman of the house, asked her if the article
of jewelry belonged to her, to which she replied, ta-
kibg the ring, “the Lord have mercy, Firemen is
honest ! ”
CORINTHIAN MELODY.
Music “HARK I"
Hii' Hat was on -'bln ho*d,
Tbo;pa*»lug crowd admit* d;
A trhfaperinfi makton Mild—
I », . ’. See how that man’s attired I
What beauty In* hi* walat, ~
flow umtchlcxa hb cravat;
And then how much he’s graced
H Wtih that rcsplcndant Hat I
!i« turned him irom tho throng,
A* he loft Corinthian Hall ;
But os he moves along,
On him all gihnecH fall.
Cried one — “Not heaven’s clear blu»,
With starry ntdianco set,
Appeore more fair to view
Than yonder Ittttrou* JetP’
Its fame by all was raised j
Hit bosom swells with pride ;
While (her admiring gazed.
He raiwd bl* voice aud cried —
R Friend*, would you have my Jey,
And win :.n equal fame,
Your Hnta on Bropdway bny^
There's a few more left— the same.”
THE GREAT NATIONAL HAT STORE,
fi@TOF CORINTHIAN HALL,
. 907 BROADWAY,
f ESTABLISHED 6TH MARCH, 1849,
roa THE SALE OF
FINE ST. LOUIS MADE DRESS HAT8.
FOR $4 EACH!
als of the Old Testament as of divine authenticity
aud promulgation. Mr. Marsh recited at great
length the “(call to prayer,” a sort of sermon uttered
by die muezzins from the minarets of the Moham-
medan mosqpe, as furnishing an excellent epitome
of Mohaniniedau theology, aud an equally good illus-
tration of orthodox Judiasm. With the exception
“and Mohammed is his prophet,” it might pass. He
argued that though the ceremonial observances are
different yet there is an absolute coincidence in all
essential theological positions. There is one partic-
ular in which the Mohammedan goes beyond even
some classes of Christians, namely, in the entire and
absolute acquiescence of mind in God’s supposed de-
crees. ^he word Moslem signifies resignation, and
in like manner Islam imports submission. J
accu-
rate results, and works of surpassing artistic beauty,
• are often accomplished by machinery of extreme del-
icacy, great complexity, and peculiar susceptibility of
injury- So with polygamy- It is a most delicate
add complex innstrument, peculiarly susceptible of
abuse, but accomplishing the most satisfactory, bene-
ficial; and ennobling results when righteously used.
Tffe keener the instrument, die deeper it cuts for
gootj or evil, according to its handling. Polygamy
is s' ! keen, a mighty instrument for good or evil, as
the righteousness or wickedness has the handling of
jL . But are we all to become Nazarites because a
well-set razor may be put to a fatal use ? Or are we
to travel, in the latter half of the nineteenth century,
by pack-horses aud rumbling stage- wagons, be-
cause of railway accidents ? I trow not. We can-
not become such ‘ old logics.’ Neither are the con-
tractod Romish principles of monogamy to hinder the
pons of progress in tiie great work of social reforma-
tion and regeneration.
“ Defenders of monogamy endeavor to draw a fa-
vorite argument against polygamy from the history
of the Turks and other Eastern people who marry
more 'than one wife But this argument only proves
Offiat T contend for — that the plurality system, if
•bused, degrades and ruins the nation. We may
with as good grace say that the Christian religion
was. defective, because Christendom is split up into
five hundred jarring sects; or that the republican
tfmstitiition of the the United States is injjpiv- ’
lfaerty, because its principles wars •* to
foot when the Lattex-dav <■ * sampled under
irom Mrssouri -* jamts were exterminated
, „r banished from Nauvoo, or when
\ r u arntth was shot at Carthage under tliis sen-
tenC8 _«Tho law won’t reach him, but powder and
Aall shall.’ The Turks no more live in the true spirit
of righteous polygamy than do the snarling sects of
Christendom in the true spirit of Christ, or than did
the Missouri and Illinois mobs in the true spirit of
the constitution of the United States.
F ,f jPor the benefit of yourself and readers, I will
V4» a few points wherein polygamy may be abused
oy fa* Turks: No man should marry two or more
Wives without the express sanction of the Almighty,
jhrough the Prophet and President of His Church on
Wth (Brigham Young, at the present time). No
ij&ttn should marry a woman unless her affections be
i*et upon him, and it be her desire to be joined to
him, in marriage. No man should marry for himself
a woman who is legally married or engaged to an-
other man- Every man should love his wives as his
*** Mb to# “to mow th*n ho fores to do tho nfhh
WTH
Arsenic-Eaters.— The Styrinu peasants eat
arsenic as the Chinese eat opium. They eat it for
two specific purposed — to acquire plumpness and
freshness of complexion, and to improve their ‘wind,’
so as to enable them to climb long, steep mountains
without difficulty of breathing. And, strange to
A little girl named Comery, of Lowell, Mass., a
sister of one of the carriers of the News, a day or
two since, found a check on (he Atlas Bonk of Bos-
ton for $7,500, which she returned to the owner. He
made her a present of a “ thank’ee ! ” — and that was
When we record onr angry feelings, Jet it be on
the snow, that the first beam of sunshine may oblit-
erate them forever.
Mr. S. A. Gillett, banker, Portsmouth, Ohio,
waa recently robbed at Cresline, of $5,480, which
he had in a carpet bag. He had on his person 820,-
000, including that contained in the carpet bag. —
Mr. G. stood alone near the cars, with die carpet bag
between his feet, when he was attacked by two vil-
lains. One of them struck at him, and in attempt-
ing to ward off the blow, he received a slight cut in
the arm from a bowie-knife, in die hands of die rob-
ber. The other scoundrel seized the carpet bag, and
both disappeared in the dark.
FOB A
LU8TROU8, STYLISH, AND DURABLE SUPER
- - , DRESS HAT,
QO TO CORINTHIAN HALL!
FOE A
| FUR, PLUSH, OR COTTON CAP,
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL!
FOR A
FUR OR WOOL SOFT FELT HAT,
QO TO CORINTIAN HALL!
FOR AN
INFANT’S FASHIONABLE FANCY HAT,
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL !
297 Broadway ;
J tGSTBlG fIJT.™
Nor. IS, ’54. [lu.
TEA 1 TEA ! ! TEA ! ! !
VAN, THE TEA RAN!
RETAIL DEALER,
CORNER OF FOCaiq AND GREEN STREETS.
FOR THE WEST.
E migrants tor the won «in fifiu it to uwtr totomt to can <»
ALMA ROLLER twiwwn Tenth and Eleventh street,, on Frenk-
llp uremic, before cngagltig thetr waxons elCcwhete, u lie It preiarrU
to fumUh Wagons pm up In the bett ttyle, end out ot the beat materiel.
Wn,t out made at tho tente thop have been uted for tho past three rotrt
by the Western csnlurauon amt |lrcti general satisfaction.
St. Loutl, Mo., Dec. U, 180-1. flt'tj
Ms. Cornelius Vanderbilt intends, it is said,
to have six or eight large steamships built, to ply be-
tween New York and Liverpool and Havre. Two
ore to be ready for die’ sea in die coming spring.
REROYAE.
tR ANC1S LEPF.RE has removed bit store from No. 81 Frankltn ore-
true, to tho pmnlsos formerly occupied by him, sonth-ct.«t comer ol
tenth and Franklin aventio.
GALLAGHER & CO
A CARD.
r IE Sobecriber, thankful for tho very liberal patronage bettowed
upon him during the past year, would say to hts patrons and ft.o
public generally, that he will spare no pains to render tatufacticti In
every particular article purchased at hia establishment. With lacrcaKd
facilities for purchasing goods, and commodious store rooms, we are ena-
bled to compete with any house In ear line In tho da.
Dec. S, S 2m FRANCIS LEPERS.
Practioal Dyers and Scourers,
No. IIS North 3d at., 3 door* from Vine, South side; and No. 1«D Morgan
st. between 6 th and. 7U>, St. Louis Mo.
S3* Hart opened their new and cheap Dying and Scouring establish-
ment. Gentlemens Coats, Pirns loons, Vests, (sc., Dyed, Scoured end
neatly repaired.
Nov. 18, >«. (Uf.
Mrs. Partington is said to have anxiously asked if
Uncle Tom is a better nan than Enoch, of Biblical
memory. She grounds her inquiry on the fact that
she has heard that Uncle Tom has been translated
seven times, while Enoch was translated but once.
SALOON.
a XUS, M . H. IRA V BRS, take* pleasure m saying to her numerous ctate-
1VX men, and the public, tbstthe ha- a saloon on Pino struct, ttvo doors
from Bates’ Thentru; Where nhe t» stall time* reedy to serve upOystsn,
Ooflbe, Coca Cakes, aud Confecstonarlcr, of all kinds, lit a shape to sott
the taste of the epicure. rJ>Ai feih
Nov. 18, ><H. (1 3m*. J
STORE and to arrive, the toUcwicg trad os, for fate lew for cash
60 btgt prime BloCofTee; Tv bags Laguyra;
» pocksts old government Java;
130 bf. chests and chest,, Imperial, Voting Hyson and Black Teas!
60 bagi whole Pepper ; 6 begs Alsplee;:
3 casts Nmmegc; 3 bales Cloves;
JO boxes pure ground Spice, ; Its do. CatUls Soap ;
6 casks dried Curranu; SO boxes Citron ;
10 oatlm Mycr’s Tobacco j 26 barrels Languedoc Almonds i
i S cases Gtllofa Sardines, I -fit and 1-4»|
26 boxes Baker’it Cocoa and Chocolate ,
60 boxes MB. Rslstne. FRANCIS LBPERg.
ee-8. [3 2ni
■Parson Eaton, Haips-
Political Bitterness.
well, Mait.e, whose three cornered hat, big white
wig and shot buckles, indelibly impressed our child-
ish memory, was of those stem old revolutionary
Feds, who preached politics, as was the' fashion of
the day ; and he prayed politics too, for in one of
his public performances, during the strife between
Adams and Jefferson, be said
”0, Lord, thou hast commanded us to pray for our
enemies— and let us begin with Thomas Jeffetson.
ALEXANDER DOW,
• Aanufacturar of' all klnda of COPPER, TIN, AND SHEET IRON
Jyl WARR, DOW’5 MINERS’ LAMPS, WARRANTED AIR TIGHT
So. 0 Wire, Nalls, Axes, Ox-CRaUm, Ac., Ac.
COOKINGSTOVRSkoptootutnuUyou bawl. Cooking foul light trav-
elling Stove- alto other ont-mtln,; : adapted totbo UK of Emigrant* to Salt
Lake, Caltfcmn, and Oregon, may be found at No. 133 Market St. be-
tween 6 th stid 8 th, St. Louis, Mo.
Window Olio 8x10 and 10x10- ■ i
Nov. .18, ’64. ptt.
CHILD, PRATT & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS
IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC HARDWARE AND CUTLERY.
MO. l*T MAIN STREET,
Third Doer North of the Baulk of Missouri,
ST. LOUIS. _
Dec. 1 , ’6L ptt»
S. J . LEES,
LOCKSMITH, CUTLER AND SAW FILER,
No. 81 Morgan, st. Si. Louis, Mo.
B UCK SAWS, Carpvtu«!re> Coopers’ and Butchers’ saws, tiled and hi.
Blades puUnto Kulvcs ; Raxors and Scissors ground, set and repaired .
lattors’ aud TinneRt’ 3h«ns, Carpenters’ And Coopers’ Tbols, Butchers’
Knlvva and Choppers, gmnnd.
try* Guns repaired amt for sate. All kinds of Tools bought and Sold.
a* The damn aud agents ol property, steamboat ilrwar.Lt, koooart
of boarding bouees and bofeU wilt And thktr orders proo»Uy attsodadto,
Xor, 1% ’•*, filft
LOUIS ESPENSCHIED,
WAGON MANUFACTURER^
Corner off Broadway and Lubennnts Street,
OPPOSrTX CMP1RX MILLS.
NOETH ST. LOCH, HO.
■Boo. • Hi - • * ci - > '• -r • ? u ; . iua
-
COMPREHENDETH IT NOT. JESUS
SHINETH IN DARKNESS AND THE DARKNESS
LIGHT
do i! for the bend- Not only was this for the purpose ot being secure
L.-l- J belief from the hands of our enemies, but " that ye may be
acknowledge only able to keep my laws.” That, Via smother reason
the Lord gave in the same revelation. Are there
not some lawk of God that, we could keep, tfwewere
scattered over ihe other States tutd 1 erritoriesy uuor -
ganiKed according to the laws of man? Yes, there
are laws of the greatest moment bearing upon the
present and future destiny oi this people; that .have
a bearing upon their eternal glory, exaltation, oud
everlasting happiness. These laws never could have
been kept, had we not been organised according to
the laws of man. The Lord has fulfilled this reve-
lation thus far ; how much more complete this organ-
isation urn, become hereafter, I know not, neither
do I care. jw-j,,, , sue- *
It was not die invention of man, hot the power
and wisdom of mart, that organised this kingdom,
hut the God we worship and serve, who made the
heavens and earth. He made this kingdom and or-
ganized if and established i\i it is all His, and He
holds it in His own hands ; and the same Great Be-
ing rules and governs the wicked ; He controls aud
He will fulfil every word that has been given through
the mouths of bis Servants, ns He tells us in the
preface of the Book of Doctrine and Covenants:—
“ These commandments and prophecies shall be ful-
filled; though the heavens and the earth Shall pass
little of the commandments of
Mount will actually have to be doue away in this
new dispensation. A great many things were given
to meet the circumstances of the people, tipit when
they all become righteous many of those laws apd
regulations that were given to diem in an imperfect
many others, but 1 euUeavorea w uo » .u,«
fit of , the people — to show them wherein we believe |
in the plurality of Gods, and yet l._
one God. I. believe both of these principles with all
my heart. I believe there is only pne wise Goi,
and 1 believe there is an mwutuse number of Gods.
The people kuow we believe these doctrines, and
they publish agaipst us on .’iis ground ; and if We
should not take up any arguments to explain tie
: matter, it would only serve to rivet down their preju-
dices on their hearts. Notwithstanding this, it was
always more delightful to me in all my preu< lung
abroad, and in any publications I have sent forth, to
dwell upon laith. repeutance. Itaptisin for the remjs-
shw of sins, and the gift of the Holy Ghost by in-
laying on of bands, and upon the plain, simple, ev-
ery-day duties of the Saints, allowing them what! to
do in order to obtain eternal life iu the kingdom ol
Saints of the Most High, come
Shall we then,
here and s« down in our fine habitations, and upon
our farms and inheritances, and let this great work
of the last days come to
ness arid mditfere-ce ?
recorded in the
Touts Tmninaqj,
beueral Intelligence and
luught through onr careless-
No, brethren, let it not be
archives of the eternal world that we
will i bus do. when our brethren hwvi Btretched dm
tlieii bauds to help us to this place. Lei not the
uews fly to eternal worlds that we are not willing to
do to our brethren scattered abroad as they weir*
willing to do us, when we were in a scattered c<*i-
ditiou. ji . , . ... j '
I do not know what more can be said than what
other speakers have already said upon this subject.
Our President said be would be glad to have some
six discourses, each six hours long, preached to die
people upo#i the subject of doiug their duly unto oth-
em in regard to this fund. And I have uo doubt lie
mcluded every other duty between man aud manjsp
fur as it could be doue in that short period of time ;
for thirty-si* hours would uot begin lobe time enough
for a-aian to tell die people all their duties. Many
people think dial all the duties of man are recorded
iu the Bible; dmt idea is held by many of the secta-
rian world;; they think this book contains all the du-
ties in regBrd to die relationships between man and
man, und that it is a sufficient rule of faith and prac-
tice ; and enough to govern them in all their deaL
ings’ with each other, and in their duties toward their
God. . .
Let me tell you, if any oue man’s duties ( if he
lived tube an old man) were clearly written, and
foretold before he was born, it would lake a larger
volume dian the Bible to contain them all ; and when
leveled tu Science, Religion,
News of the Day
state will vanish away; they will be of no rise ; they
are like the platform erected around an edifice,
r> *i • I * t.
which serves a good purpose for the time be rug. but
when the edifice is completed die platform is tak*u
away. ,
We are told a great deal about the poor in foma-r
dispensations; how to deul with them, and the laws
that were gjven to regulate nuurkiud in dealing their
alms to them. Will thio always be the case ? No,
but the dine will come when diere will be no poor.
The object of this last dispensation is -to make die
people ohe as the Father and Son are one, or as die
Book of Doctriue and Covenant says, to make tlre-m
“equal in earthly things that they mmy be mode eqeal
in heavenly things."
To bring about this object, and do away with pov-
erty and make all the people rich, the Lord lias in-
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So far as 1 have ever preached abroad in me
world, and published, one tiling is certain, l have
not published anything but what 1 verily believed to
be tree, however much I may luive been mistaken,
and 1 have generally endeavored to show the people
from the written word ol God, as wt ll as reuson,
wherein it was true- This has been my general
course. 1 may have erred in some principles ; Ldo
We will bring up the subject upon which others
have spoken, and lliut which more immediately con-
cern.-. us. viz: the 1 Perpetual Emigration Fund.—
What is it ? For what was it established f What
lire your duties in regard tc this fund, and in rela-
tion to your fellow-beings, your brethren and sisters,
•and their families that are scattered abroad in the
midst oi those wretched,, wicked, and abominable
governments.
We have already been informed, and taught from
this stand, by those who are filled with the Holy
Ghost, by those who are filled with the inspiration of
the Almighty., setting forth the the necessity and im-
portance of being awake in regard to the condition
of the Saints that are scattered abroad. We are apt
to forget the things we ought to do, though they are
tolfl to us in plainness. We think in our hearts,
'•'"Well, we will go and do as we have been told ; it
looks -beautiful and very consistent ; it seems to be
the very law by which we should be governed, and
w lie n we go from this conference we will make all
the necessary arrangements to fulfill and comply
think it hard to pay back a just and honest debt) to
the Perpetual Emigration Fund, what will you think
when the pure laws of God are introduced, and you
are required by His law to pay over every farthing
you have in the world ; not only to pay your just and
honest dues to the Perpetual Emigration Fund, but
\o pay everything in your possession. If you cannot
deal justly in relation to these small accounts, how
is it to be expected you will perform the pure law of
God — the law of consecration? I tell you, we have
got to begin and attend faithfully to these small
things. But wlien we are first, born into the king-
dom we cannot rule alono ; we are not able to prance
aud uot and caper about ; he hus therefore ordained
certain helps, and governments, aud laws, to govern
us while we are iu a creeping state, and trying to
advance into a more perfect order ol things. This
Perpetual Emigrating Fund is one of those helps or-
dained to assist us in our imperfect aud weak state ;
by and by when the full law of God comes m force
those helps can be dispensed with. When thut will
be 1 do not know, but 1 have an idea that it will, not
he until we get back to Jackson county, for the Lord
has told ue in one revelation in substance as follows,
“ Let these laws I hav« given consuming “»y P*°pf°
away, hot ohe jot or
that book shall paw away.” 1
Everything will roll round, foil round, foil rhund
in its times and seasons, i
until this kingdom shall
will not be a dog to move bis tongue from the Rocky
Mountains to the uttermost parts of the earth, but all
be in subjection to the kingdom of Christ ; all must
become subject to her laws ; and the great nations
of the earthi-mighty nations, not u lew, ere long
wjjl come up to Ziou t to seek wisdom and knowledge
from the counsellors »» Zion. They wjjjj read her
lows and say, " Our laws are as nothing, our wisdom
as foolishness, our words like the tow that is exposed
to the devouring flame ; we are broken asunder, torn
into fragments, and ready to crush under our own
weight ; but your laws, government, end officers, are
jail good, righteous, just, and true; surely the God
of Israel is in our midst. Come, let us go up to
Zion, let us hear from the wise legislators of Zion,
and let us hear the laws proclaimed therein ; let us
learn of the wisdom that dwells in the servants of
iKo Mmi " And they will come up with their
armies, and their mighty men, and their judges and
311 equity Ojiu mv. « l J
night, and never be shut, to admit the forces that will
com,e rushing in from fill nations, to leatn file wis-
dom, knowledge, and instructions that are poured
out from the heavens upon the servants of the
Most High.
j\ we are Toolring forward to such a glorious time,
to such a happy period, let us endeavor to prepare
ourselves, and awake from our slumber; and do the
duties required at our hands. Pay up jfour debts —
pay them to the Perpetual Emigration Fund; and
send it bade immediately, that those who Ore star-
ving to death, and are ground down with tyranny,
may enjoy the saifie privileges as you. Remember
them and God will remember you. But if you turn
your bock upon these principles, arid will tied seek to
But to go back to die words of our text ; that is the
thing that most concerns us at present- It shoufel be
laid before the minds of the people, and instilled in-
to their hearts week after week ; they should be
taught and instructed in such a way and manner that
these mysteries, when we get thq true light upon
them, may do us good. When the Lord sees fit to
popr out wisdom and knowledge, and mysteries, and
understanding from the heavens, may we, by prac-
tical works, faith, and diligence in doing our duties
one towards another, and towards our God, be able
to receive them, and have them do us good. The
time will come when the Lord will reveal all itbese
things ; everything in the heavens, on the earth, and
under the earth ; and everything pertaining to the
soul of man will bo proclaimed by the sounding of
trumpets iu the ears of all living. (
I will adopt the old saying, “ I, feel first rate.” It
does me good to bpek into get Utah Territory, after
havi ng been gone two years, to behold the faces pf the
Saints again, and rejoice in their midst, and tp bear
my weak and humble testimony of the truth oi this
great and glorious work. It is now over twenty-four
years since I was baptised into this church ; h was
twenty-four years on the nineteenth of last month
since I was baptised and became a member of this
church. 1 have seen it rise to its present greatness
from a very few individuals that composed the whole
church in 1830. There were then, pevhups, not fifty
Latter-day Saints in the whole world ; and j every
year brings to pass the fulfillment oi the sayings,
and prediction*, and revelations Ol Joseph, the
prophet, i i : | : |
The work is rolling on as rapidly as the wbefilsof
time will permit. I well recollect a revelation given
upwards of twenty-three years ago. What did the
Lord oay when we were only a little handful ? Said
■he, “ It is necessary that my elders should go forth
into all the regions round about, and preach the gos-
pel, and many shall be converted ; and ye shall have
power to organize yourselves according to the laws
of man." This was spoken before! wo began to
gather. What was the use of organizing ourselves
according to the laws of man ?• ;V ^hui you may
break every band wherewith the enemy sepketh to
destroy, and that you may keqp my laws." Has
thu not been fulfilled ! Look at the time that pro-
phecy was given, away back nearly twepty-four
years ago. Has it come to pass? Are we not or-
ganized according to the laws of man! Are not
many converted just as the revelation predicted?
And are we not in a position, by being organized
herein Utah Territory according to foe laws of man,
to break the bands of the enemy, 'hat they foay not
destroy us as a people. If mobs undertake to afflict
us hero, they will find it very difficult, because we
M are organized according to the laws of man. If they
‘ use any exertion or any influence to bring about the
destruction of this people, .we are organized accord-
ing to tfaa laws of man, and can fight with tluiir own
getting into that more perfect state ; aud when we
get into that it will bo Perpetual Fund, or any other
kind of fnnds we please to name, for the property
will all be consecrated unto tbe Lord, with a deed
and covenant that eannot be broken j then the servants
of God can take the whole of the property and use it
according to the mind and will ol God, and jt will
be all perpetual fund, aud all tithing fimds. and all
public building funds; for it will be just the kind of
funds the Lord shall direct to accomplish whatever
Id deeignod in His wire pn-pnaoB thrau»t> Hla ser-
vants. j
Let us step forward and build up ibis fund, and
take hold of simple things if we eveT expect to re-
ceive 1 the greater ones. We had excellent preaching
this forenoon as to practical duties ; this has been my
maimer of preaching when abroad upon the earth,
except on my last mission; on that, I was rent to
preach the doctrine of plurality of wives. In all my,
preaching on other missions, I hove endeavored to be
just as practical as possible among the people, show-
ing them their every-day duties. I have published
many pamphlets and works, and in the most of them,
I hive published the simple, plain, easy principles
of the gospel. It » true, in answering some queries
alter yeu r; but the work bow coinmeuced will tti-
crease, aud continue to increase, like the stone thut s
was hewn out of the mountain. In the first place, 1
the stone taken out of die mountain is much smaller £
than ihe . mountaiu, hut fiually ii increases lo that
magnitude that it begins lo be a gieut mountain, not *
merely to fill one small territory, but as Daniel said, ‘
■*» ,t became a great mountain and jfilled the whole
earth."
Very well, then, the Saints are to be gathered, and
thev are to come not only by thousands, bin tens of
thousands, scores of thousands, and hundreds of
thousands are to be assembled from umotig the na-
tions. How is tliis to be brought about ? Through
ihe servants of the living God. This is what the
Lord told us before one Sniut was gathered. In a
revelation given in the presence of six elders, in
Sept., 1830, the Lord says : “ Ye arb railed to bring
to pass the 'gathering ol mine elect, for mine elect
hear my voice, and harden not their hearts; and die
decree hath gone forth from the Father, that they
sliail be gathered in uuto one place upon the lace of
this land."
That is the decree that has gone forth ; it is or-
dained in the heavens, and u will come to pass. As
4 the Saints have already been guthered here unto this
* territory, even so will it continue to be fulfilled until
the last of the elect of God are assembled from the
four corners ot the earth.
The servants of God are the ones dial are called !
to bring to pass this work, says the revelation. In
•obedience to this declaration, and in fulfillment of
this prophecy, the Holy Ghost wrought upon the
heart of our President to establish a fund — a Per-
petual Emigrating Fund — to bring about this great
work ; he laid the foundation of it; he proposed it to
1 the people, and explained the nature of it; how it
was to be used ; how it was to be controlled ; and
how it should be made lasting and perpetual in its
nature, to accomplish the desigu..of the Almighty in
gathering his elect from the four Winds of heaven.
v. t; u bii Love (or a Married Man-
I now take the opportunity of making a oonfession
which I hove often had upon my: lipe, hut I have
hesitated to make it "from the fear of drawing upon
myself the hatred of every married woman. But
now I will run the risk— so now for it— Sometime or
other people must unburden their hearts. I confess,
then, dmt I never find s man more captivating than
when He is a married man. A man ia never so
handsome, never so perfect in my eyre, aa when he
is a husband and a father of a family, euppbrting in
his manly armB wife and children; and the whole
domestic circle, on his entrance mto tlas atate, close
artiund him, and constitute a psartof hia home and
world. He ia not meiely ennobled by bis position,
but he is actually beautified byifc— then he appears
to me as the crown of' creation— and it is 'only such
a man as this that is dangerous 1 to me, -and with
whom I am inclined to fall in love. But then, pro-
priety forbids it. And Moses, and *11 the European
legislators, declare it to be sinful, and married wo-
men consides it a sacred duty to stone me. Never-
theless, I cannot prevent the thing, ft ie so, and
cannot be otherwise ;, and my only hope of appeas-
ing those who are excited against me is in my future
t confession that no love affects me so pleasantly , the
, contemplation pf no happiness, so happy aa that
between married people. It is amazing to myself,
because ii seems to me that I, living unmarried or
youraeWes this question, " If I were placed in that
man’s or in that woman’s condition, how should 1
desire foot they should do unto mo ? " “ And What-
soever you would have men do to you, do you even
the same to them.” We can always tell what we
should do by changing circumstances and places ; by
placing onrselves in other’s circumstances, we can
see what we would wish them to do to us under those
circumstances, and thus find out what we should do
for those in that condition.
What does the Lord intend to do? He is intro-
ducing a new dispensation ; yet it is the gospel dis-
penSftiun, the same as all other dispensations; the
gospel is included in this new dispensation. The
Lord intends to do a great many things in this dis-
pensation He never did in former ones ; and a great
many things that were in former ones will eventually
be dons away in this new one. What is to be done
Terences, litki I imy pleutid that of fate u Hew era || H „
duwnetl upon it* in iltw respect, by the nhunduut
blesfangi^ manifestly pofa'od uptti^llio faithful minor-
ityfju projwrtipn to tfa&r exertion^ in paying tire
debts, so dial by far the ‘majority are now convinced
that the Lord pays bettor interest upon their loan*
than they liad conceived of; nor is it uew or strange
to bear them- detail fan tire mectutgs hpw iktyLonl
lias repaid diem lor days’ work contributed, but the
Inti engenders With in Hint unfam His promises, in
proportion to its use.
,. VyitiiputiBaftiadari^ing on tncjdepts, you will be
Jt i ! i . 1 1 jfci _.j_S L-Li-rd-i ,i .l
With ruthless' hand DsjraJ hurls bfa darts,
THE HEW GOVERNOR OP UTAH.
Wd have fofleti been qnekporied by gentlemen Jjf
candor, who feel na.interesi.io' wbatevef relates to
the prosperity of Utah, os to the probable results of
a stranger being sent there as Governor. We have
invariably replied that the people of Utah knew
enough to-mrad their, own, business, u«l tiltSttli the
a Governor
Nor hotsiH his vktiitfa mournfu. < "ie* j
Hut loves to feast on litok>'H\heart»— ■
. 'On widow's groaps and 0/ phoh'S sighs.
Weep not, fair one, ’its the '‘common lot,”
The fairest dowers but bluom to die ;
Or youth, or age escape it not,
Tbfa'qs btft one out of hundreds of prophecies con-
cerning the calamities tfilh shall come updft this gem
oration, this land, und this nation. And us sure as
the blood of Joseph and Hyium fell in Carthage
gotd, so sure will their blood be required of this gen-
eration^
*01 ) K ( 1 / A
AJl in the grave are doomed to He,
government of die United. States appoint
Over them who possessed k sufficient degree of intel-
ligence -to understand his duties, and discretion
enough to confine himself to them, nothing would oc-
ebr to interrupt the harmony and good tjqders^id-
ing that has heretofore existed beiween the several
branches of the government. The' Mormon people
are a law-abiding people, and the duty of the Gov-
ernor is to see that the laws are faithfully executed.
‘Tis not the fa fra of Missouri or of any other Stole
that are to be enforced in Utah, but the laws enacted
by the General Assembly of Utah, and such laws of
Congress as are applicable tft Utah m common with
.other Territories. ■ ; ■
If Col. Steptoe, the newly appointed Governor ac-
cept his appointment, and enters upon its duties in
sincerity, and with dtoe respeqj to the laws and the
rights of a free people, he will bh respected and hon-
ored in his office by all the people.
Those journals in the eastern States that appear
to be acquainted with Col. Steptoe, speak of him as
a gentleman of integrity and sound discretion — cour-
teous and high-niinded,and well calculated to secure
the confidence of the people of Utah.
We sincerely hope that he may prove to be all
that his friends represent him to be. He has been
in the Territory since the month of September, and
from all accounts he has been well received as a gen-
tleman and officer. We also learn from a reliable
source that he has formed a favorable opinion of Gov.
Young and the people of Utah, and has spoken gen-
erously of them in his letters.
T,Tfl.T OP AGENTS POR THE LUMINARY
New Orleans, James Megaw.
Ala. ami Tenii., H. W. Church.
The church yard yawn* — she claims her prey,
And faftt sreceiyiu faq dqa& jj i
Her marble tops and beds of clay
Inspire our Bouts with constant dieadW* " ’
Shi feels potyet the envenomed smart,
RETURN OF MISSIONARIES.
The Millennial Star, of gives the follow-
ing Kst off the Elders toho are W bo released from
their several fields of labor in Europe, and to return
cO Ainenru :
John S. Fullmer, W ittiam Glover, Israel BafTow,
Benjamin Brown, Sylvester H. Eari, Andrew L.
Latnoreaux, Johp Barker, Charles Smith, George
W. Bramwell. John Mayor, Osman M. Denel,
Joseph Boath, Thoroaa Caffiffi, John W. Lewis,
John Perry, Matthew Rowan, Henry E. Phelps,
William Pitt, Isaac Allred, Andrew Ferguson,
Preston Thomn*. Traveling Agent far the South
Gfaqinoati, p., Hon. Orson Spencer
ablej by thp; gbffijb l^preseiit^ttbn, tb. ddipeqte the
general features of the work in Wales at the present
time ; and while your superior judgment-may delib-
erate over the scene, that the spirit of inspiration
may dictate amendments, alterations, new uttans, or
anythiug, anyhow, to give the gospel a greater im-
petus in fair midtit, is the heart's desire of him who
has no higher ambition.
I will detain you to sidle one instance which oc-
curred lately, to show the rage pf the adversary, and
you may^hacje.o suggest jon^ tlip subject.
While two elders were preaching in Caermart hen-
shire a few Sundays ago, a gang of thirty or forty,
led ou by a tavern keeper, commenced shouting and
hallooing, professedly to drown the voice of the
brother who wSs preaching. Their lungs failing be-
fore they accomplished their object, the stones came
next ; ohe struck the brother in the face, until Ins
blood was streaming ; others whizsing by their heads
failed to dislodge them, so the mobs rushed upou
them, forced them to flee, and pursued them for u
long way, until one succeeded in gaining the woods ;
the other was knocked down by a stone, and brutal-
ly Wicked while bleeding on the ground, the timely
uid of a .stranger saving Iiis life, when they had pro-
nounced him dead. The stranger carried him fo>»
it theVnp of mirth unconscious sips,
Sjtoftigfitdd, O., A. R. Wright.
Pittsburgh, Pa., B. F. Winchester.
Georgetown, Ky.,J. M. Bartow. 1
Keokuk, Iowa, Charles Clark.
Philadelphia, Samuel Harrison, 584 Poplar, 9
New York, John Taylor.
Helena, .Ark., Alfred Gay.
Pecan: Point, Ark., L. J. DeLopair.
Bluff City, Iowa, Wm. H. Folson, and L. O. I
Maquikefca. Iona, J. Dolrvmple
Gravois, Mo., Charles Maxwell.
Faifftold, Ind., John Wickel.
Aiquiim, Im)., Stephen Golding. v.
Alton. III., Henry J. Hudson.
CintrevilleflU., James Kinney.
Low cl I, Moss., Eiiakim S. Davis.
General Agent for Massachusetts, N. H. Felt.
San Jose, Cal., J. M. Horner.
JJlftr hceds how soon a poisoned dart
May dash it from her waiting tips.
Now Julia yield to fate’s behest,
And proudly wipe your tearful eyes.
While many a sympathetic breast
Will shore with thee ah orphan’s oighs.
1 ■■■■' M S ■■ CHARLIE.
Spwjiopield, O., Dec. 23, 1364.
The author assures us that the foregoing is but a
truthful narrative.-— f, Editor.
( Correspond enc* or tin- MlUeuUI SUr.)
WALES
General Condition of the Work — Extensive Trad Distribu-
ting — Good Prospects — Opposition, Mobbing, and Ito-
Itnct. ‘ ‘ ’■ : s
U DOORS Scion Office, Swansea,
October 96, 1854.
President Richards: — Dear Brother — In $c-
cordance with your requesl through the Star, to be
advised of the state of the work of God among file
various nations over which you have the honor to
preside, I embrace this opportunity to inform you ol
the general features of the church in Wales.
During die summer season the priesthuod h*vo
beeti diligent in out-of-door preaching, and have bad
more numerous and attentive audiences than hereto-
fore ; camp meetings have been the order of the sea-
son, especially where much opposition has been pre-
sented ; and file combined influence of the Saints so
assembled has never failed so (hr to move the preju-
dice, storm the strongest ramparts, and win conquest
to the kingdom of God.
The weaker conferences have been much strength-
ened by die aid of elders and priests from the strong-
er, who, together with many volunteers laboring in
new grounds, sustained principally by tracts, linve
done much towards the spread of the gospel ; and 1
am pleused to see by file renewed vigor of the officers
generally, tlmt they realise their responsibilities, und
the importance of foitlifully warning their fellow lie-
ings of impending dangers.
You can anticipate our future prospects of success
when I say, what I have not been able to say so iui-
exceptionably heretofore, that officers uud Saints are
united so far as I know ; and I have hud the pleas-
ure of visiting the majority of the conferences of late ;
everywhere the Saints evince an increasing desire
to excel in living their professions, which to me is a
cerlain forerunner of a paramount success,
Now, the weather being unfavorable fo out-door
preaching, the brethren manifest no-less zeal to water
the seed so profusely sown, by distributing tracts
from house to house and selling them to the world,
each having his sphere appointed him weekly ; and
truly it does the Saints as well as the world much
good, because, as they say, the Lord blesses fitem
with His spirit abundantly in so doing. So that
Mormonism, so far from being in a dying or dead
CLARA WHEELER
We learn by private correspondence from Eng-
land, dated London, Dec. 14th, that the dlara
Wheeler, after being at sea several days, and driven
back to Liveipool, had sailed again. All was well.
Another vessel was expected to leave Liverpool
ou the 18th ultimo.
TO OUR PATRONS.
, M
We have now entered upon the duties of a new
year- The old year, with its cares, perplexities, and
responsibilities, is now added to the history of the
_^paffl apd will soon be measurably forgotten, ns we
engage m the changing scenes ol the new year.
We take this opportunity of wishing our readers a
happy new .year. And we feel to say that it is in
your power to make it the most happy and prosper-
ous, or the mttet miserable and misfort unate of your
livea It will he to you precisely what you make it.
When we speak of prosperity, we do not allude to
dollars and dimes, but to your acquisition of the
Westings of salvation and file righteousness of God's
elect. And if you seek first the kingdom oT God
and His righteousness all other things shall lie added
unto jr.qu.
Ltii its seriously reflect upon some of the scenes
and events of tho past year ; and let us see if we
coiwdi by “Stars” and “ Luminaries" brighten the
scenes of fire future, and perudventure control or cre-
ate &tciunstances that will be conducive to our hap-
piness and prosperity, and to the blessing and salva-
tion df many who surroiuid us.
Sjjhie scenes through which many of you have
passed have been dark and gloomy ; but the scene
is changed — the prospect has briglttened — the clouds
thaj darkened your mental vision are measurably
dissipated, for the light of Zion lias been brought
among you. It has liglxted up your path : you have
partaken of its genial and life-giving influences, and
you begin to feel yourselves true born sons of Zion.
Many of you were called to part with kind and
loving friends during the last emigration season.
Our records show a great mortality among our breth-
ren {hrouglt cholera and other diseases. Shall we
r)nul eixynr to V/liiv a auU VUIlllllil aUUll
ful ravages the ensuing season, or shall we live our
holy religion und triumph over our common enemy ?
Ancient Israel was told on one occasion that if
they-would sprinkle blood on their door posts, etc.,
the destroying angel should pass by and not destroy
them, .They believed the promise, did as they were
counselled, and .vere saved from file general scourge.
Modern Israel is told that if they well remember to
keep'the sayings of the Lord, walking in obedience
to thp commandments, “ they shall receive health in
their: navel, and marrow to their bones, and shall find
wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hid-
and shall run and not be weary, and
TO THE SAINTS.
Brethreti and sisters — With a view for the better
convenience of those who caimot attend at the ap-
pointed time to pay their tithing, we have appointed
Br. J^H. Hart, who may be found at the church
office at all times, und will be ready to wait on«jlie
Saints for that purpose.
I shall still continue to be at the church office on
Wednesday of each week, to give any instruction
the Saints may need ou the subject.
K. WORLY, Bishop.
Jan. 5th, 1855.
GODEY S LADY’S BOOK.
tuary number of this deservedly popular
notice last
Magazine came to hand loo late for
week.
To say it is excellent is insufficient-
thc richest productions of the enterprising publish:
Its engravings are exquisite ; i_ — ..I”. J
’tis one of
ler.
its fasitions with dia-
grams, its drawing lessons, its embroidery, are ele-
gantly got up, and its articles are selected with ex-
cellent taste. It oamiot fail to give universal satis-
faction.
This is the first number of the fiftieth voltune, and
it promises its patrons an intellectuuf feast for the
current year. Now is the time to subsrribe.
The January number contains otie hutulred pages,
sixty-eighi engravings, sixty contributions, and ten
full page plates.
Terms — One copy, one year, 83 ; two copies,
one year, 85 ; five copies, one year, and an extra
copy to the person sending the club, 810 ; eight
copies, one year, and an extra copy to the person
sending the club, $J3; eleven copies, ooo yum-, aud
an extra copy to the person sending the club, 820.
Godey’s Lady’s Book and Arthurs Home Maga-
zine will both be sent one year for 83 50.
L- A. GODEY.
Nu. 1]3 Chcsnut Street, Philadelphia
with a pretty fare, and a faultless form. She loved
a Mormon Elder. Her love was returned warmly
and devotedly. They married ; and soon after, the
elders were called home from' their mission. Now
caihe a struggle in Julia’s heart: parental affection
and a husband’s love striving for mnstery. She must
letive her dearly beloved parents, or a bar.it her-
fond husband. She was her father’s particular "pel”— -
the child of hin old age ; it would nearly break his
heart to leave him. She begged of her husband to
tarry a few months — until her father was in his
grave. She then could plant flowers over his tomb,
and leave him to rest in peace. But this could not
be ; the call df the Presidency was peremptory, and
Elder P- never failed to respond to the require-
ments of duly. Poor Julia, the fide of her affections
ebbed and flowed, resting alternately with her father
and her husband. It was a violent struggle, and
threatened to tear her poor heart assunder. Victory
decided in favor of duty, and they make preparations
for immediate departure for the distant west. She
embraced her aged father in silence, kissed her
weeping mother, bade her brothers and sisters a kind
adieu, and leA the home of her youth forever.
After a tedious journey they arrived at their new
homes among the Saints of God. Here the consola-
tions of religion, a husband’s tenderness, and fre-
quent kind letters from home, have succeeded in a
good degree in soothing the pangs of absence, and
Julia
Steamboat Disasters on the Western Rivera.
The Daily Missouri Democrat, dated the 3d of
January, contains two entire columns of abridged
statistics of steamboat disasters on the western rivers,
during the year 1854. We should have been glad
to have presented our readers with a detailed ac-
count as contained in the Democrat, but space in our
paper will not permit We, therefore, present our
readers with an abridged view df the statistics of dis-
asters, so clearly and fully given by the above jour-
nal, being satisfied, in the words of the Democrat,
that it is as correct as it is ever found ^practicable to
make such things:
Boats destroyed or badly damaged, ' 167
“THE FANATICISM OF THE MORMONS ”
k Y ELDER E. W. TOI.LtDGB.
It lias become almost a point 6r the popular faith
to consider ihe Mormons a most “fanatical people."
If an editor but dips his pen to writeof that “strange
sect,” lie makes two emphatic dashes under the “Fa-
saticirm or the MoRMorrs,” and our sincerest
friends also ’firmly think that we tire deluded. Now,
I dare say that it is very clear to them tlmt we are
such us Ihey believe, but then if is not so clear to us.
Moreover, the saints are of the opinion that the term
“fanatic”’ when associated with us, is very inconsist-
ently applied, and that it will suit any other relij
gious professors belter. Sttangc as the assertion
may appear j nevertheless the Latter-day Sain ip make
it a point to judge religion by the strictest principles
of logic ; indeed they do what is done by no other
people, naniely, treat it las a positive science. They
reduce the subtlest question to the simplest rules of
reason and revelation, believing (hat truth is consist-
ent with order and simplicity. Instead of the ten-
den treasures
shall' walk and not faint ; that the destroying angel
shall'paSs by them, as die children of Israel, and not
slay.'chein.” But notwithstanding this plain and glo-
rious promise, we find many of our brethren negli-
gent of. the counsel, and careless concerning the
promise, and reckless of all things but how they may
satiate their appetites; aud as a consequence, many
find an untimely grave, which puts an end to their
morfal progress,, and terminates their eartnly career
befajp u they have filled the object and measure of
their creation, which must materially effect their ex-
altation ya the kingdom of our God.
Be wrie, therefore, all ye Saints, and hearken to
the <$uni«ls of the spirit ; keep faithfully the com-
mandments of God, and obey the word of wisdom ;
and if you will do these things, though the pestilence
and scourge come over tins city and land more viru-
lent and destructive in its character than that expe-
rienced during the last year, yet your life and the
lives of your family will be respected, and the angel
of death shall pass by and not destroy you, and you
shall live to behold the salvation of our God.
The circulation of the Luminary 16 steadily in-
creasing, and we hope that as it increases in its cir-
culation it muy increase in interest ana useiutness to
the Saints in particular and to our readers in general.
The work of the Lord is progressing in this city and
section oft country . Each week brings some addition
to our numbers.
Our emigration will sooa be arriving from Europe,
and many of our readers will soon be preparing to
cross<the plains en route for the valleys of the west.
We have many things to say to you before your de-
parture ; but above all things, we say, keep your
hearts pure and free, your garments unspotted, and
your bodies undefiled, then shall you mingle on
equal foofing.with the righteous in Zion, and if faith-
ful to the end, obtain with them the blessings of eter-
nal life. ;
Of these there were sunk,
“ “ “ burnt,
“ “ “ exploded
Lamaged by snags, fires, tornadou &c.
her former good spirits — her usual
lively disposition. Each succeeding mail brought
tidings from heme, and she was happy to learn that
her father had become more reconciled to her ab-
sence.
Several weeks had now elapsed since Julia had
heard from home. What intolerable suspense! She
fears that all is not well ; perhaps her dear father
was sick— was dying, and his “ pet ” duughter far
away. In looking over the obituary notices iu a
Buffalo paper, I discover the name of Julia's father.
He was dead.
Lives Tost by fire and drowning, 383
The estimated loss is given of sixty-seven, which
amounts to two millions two hundred and seventy-
three thousand three hundred dollars.
Estimated loss of nine that were damaged bm not
destroyed, fifty.four thousand dollars.
Of the ninety-one remaining, no estimate is given.
Tliis list does net include the entire list of disas-
ters ou these rivers. The Demoorat informs us that
the slighter casualties would number hundreds if not
thousands.
It will be remembered by many of our readers dial
our martyred prophet Joseph received a revelation
upop these things, in the year ef our Itord 1831.
We will refresh your memories by a quotation upon
tliis subject from the Book of Doctrine and Cove-
nant, published in Kirtland, Ohio, in the year 1835.
Bee. 80th, part 1st: “ Behold there are many dan-
eers uuon the waters, and more esneciallv hereafter,
for I, the Lord, have decreed in mine anger many
destructions upon the waters ; yea, aud especially
upon these Waters ; nevertheless, all flesh is ip mine
hand, and he that » faithful among you shall not
perish by the waters.”
Part 3d: “Behold I, the Lord, in the beginning
blessed the waters ; but in the last days, by the mouth
of my servant John, I cursed the waters. Where-
fore, the days will come that no flesh shall be safe
upon the waters ; and it shall be said in days to
come, that no one is able to go up to the land of Zi-
on upon fite waters, but be that ib upright in heart.
* * * And now I give unto you a commandment,
and what I say unto one I say unto ail, that you
shall forworn your brethren concern iug these waters,
that they come not in journeying upon thhin, lest their
faith fail and they are caught in her waves. I, the
Lord, have decreed, and the destroyer rideth upon
the face of the waters, and I revoke not the decree.”
The above needs no comment to render it wore
plain and applicable to the destroying circumstances
above mentioned. i
The righteous Will see, and understand, and ac-
knowledge the hand of the Lord in these things,
and will bless and praise the name of the Most
High, even though their dearest friends haw fallen
with the ungodly. - ■. ‘ ; i
The ungodly will fear and tremble, gnash their
teeth, curse God and die, whilst priests and editors
will give these things their natural and physical
I mentioned it to her husband, who
wisely concluded not to acquaint her with the fact.
Her friends would write, aud then would be another
outburst of grief.
Another week passes. While at file post office re-
ceiving my mail matter 1 saw a letter directed to
Julia. I took it from the office and carried it to her
house. She eagerly seized it, and seeing no emblem
of raouminar on the envelope, she c.ripd— •* Thank
God my father is alive." ahe recognizes in the su-
perscription the hand-writing of her brother Leonard.
She dances for joy — she presses the letter to her lips,
and kisses it o’er and o’er. She hurriedly breaks
the seal and leans forward to the light, A moment’s
gaze of intense earnestness, and her face assumes a
death-like paleness. She throws the letter from her
as if it were a poisonous serpent ; site utters a sc: m
of anguish— sinks back into a chair, and buries her
face in her hands. Such a sudden transition cannot
be described — that piercing shriek cannot lie, con-
ceived. It penetrated ray inmost soul; und even
now, after a lapse of several years, I sometimes im-
. • . I . T I i • ». •' ”
agiue that I hear it sounding in my ears.
This was uo time for sympathy. I threw the fol-
lowing lines into her lap, and retired sorrowing. I
had prepared them on seeing the death of her father
in the paper:
TO JULIA, j
Sad muse inspire nty feeble tongue,
And southing powors to Diy verse hapsrt,
While I attempt in plaintive siong
To ease the pains of a bleeding hesrt.
The woes I sing are not ray own —
Another’s grief I would suppress;
And sadly bow nt pity’s throne.
To soothe the pangs of horaebiug breast
A crtiel blow from monster Death
Hus Inid fair Julia’s father low ; ■ i>;: -i
’ » His obiliing klss hns frozen his breath,
And crushed the daughter’s heart with wo.
) CALL POR AN BLDBR.
' J . .
Mrs. C. M. Reynolds, wife of Amasa Reynolds,
writes to the Luminary from Bolton, Warren county,
New Yodr,and says that an elder might do good in
that place, as numbers are believing ; and site hopes
that the Lord may direct an elder that wny. Will
one of the elders jn the east attend to this call.
I V SALT T-AWH MAH.
The Salt Lake mail which was telegraphed from
Independence, as will be seen in our column of tele-
graphic news, had not arrived up to fhe time of our
going to press.
STRENGTH OF THE PAPISTS.
In the Church Recorder we find the following
smiistii'a on (his subject? T . '
With What sticceas have the papists met in our
land ? -Maryland ’ was originally settled by then*.
Until the year 1820, Florida wan as completely
theirs as Cuba is at present. In Louisiafla, Arkan-
sas, Missouri, and oil. the territory west of the Mis-
sissippi, they held die ground, and had a golden op-
portunity of laying broad and- deep their, foundations.
But in which of these States have they now a pre-
dominant control ? In Maryland there are but 95
Pa pul churches, while there are S00 Protestant. Of
152 in Florida, 5 belong to the Pope. Of 278 in
Louisiana, only 55. Of 133 in Texas, only 13.
For the last fifty years Papal immigrants have land-
ed on our shores by millions. There have also been
monthly importations of ecclesiastics, who now num-
her 7 archbishops, 33 bishops, and 1 ,754 priests.
These have started and' kept in operation 20 col-
leges, 20 theological seminaries, 120 female acade-
mies, and 53 weekly, 1 monthly, 1 quarterly, and 2
annual periodicals. How -much have they gained
on the Protestants ? Wltat is their comparative
strength in numbers? The Protestant houses of
worship, compared widi fhe Roman, are 32 to 1.
Unless we misinterpret the signs of the times, the
Jesuits arc on the wane. They have been sowing
their seed in an uncongenial soil. They are
multiplying their reapers, but nre gathering no
harvest.
1 yor.«*WtM»8 »‘0* THB RUSSIAN
Sitavui:. — Mr. Rasevoft, a luwyer of New York,
who spiled in die Baltic last week, on route for St.
Petersburg!!, it is said, is to be rHisedf to 1 a General-
ship iu ’.hr Russian army. Several other Ameri-
cans, it is reported, went' Out in foe Baltic to proceed
to Russia. The New York Sun says:
Since thy sesgc began |twd ffj»dre<[ Irtish. troops
have deserted to the Russians, Deserters say Hint'
provisions and ammunition are becoming scarce in
the cityi'but ftiefe was no puttie. • f ft '■*<<. »i>vqei ]
It was observed that the Russians were arming
their stupe in (lie harbor, probably ip attempt a sm *
prise by pea- «• . , i " ' !
General Lipraudie is deprived of his command,
for u fautt committed at lnkerinau, on the oth of
November.' ; i. . .up :
Tue Da sc be: — Five thousand French troops
reached Constantinople on the Silt inei.,on the way
to tin* Crimea. • i, ,
The contingent of Umar Pacha's force to be sent
to the Crimea is now five thousuud. Omar was to
embark iu a few days. *' ! ,l
General Guyou, Hassau Pacha, and ten Polish
staff officers are ordered to the Crimea.
The Baltic- — As soon as the English Heel wltli-
drew from the Gulf of Finland, the Russian Admir-
al Surrenotfput to sea from Sweabavg, on GtoU 14th.
with nine ships and steamers, and was us far as
Ligo on the 10th November.
New Xona, Jan. 5.-— The Asia arrived at Halt-
fax at nine o'clock On* morning, but die line in New
York has been down most of the day.
ol‘ l)ie ancients a present and positive one to them ;
let them but live onMbe religion uf prophets and
apostle*; and they are called fanatics. This is strcuge
logic ; indeed so strange that a spin! in his simplioi-
ty would tall it noasunse. We can understand the
apdeites, however, belter than modern leacla*w, autl
we iy.ii not forget that one of them declares that,
tliougb even tliey, or an angel lh>m heaven, dared
preach any other gospel titan that which they had
already preached', the offenders should be pum
tslmd with the curse of God. Let this be a warning,
then. to those who speak of the most holy daitk
of the apostles, as tire '‘fanaticism of the Mormons.”
I no liesitaliou in asserting that it cannot lie
preyed, either by reason, analogy, or revelation, that
die Latter-day Saints are fanatic#. True, there are
tells of thousands who will testify that God raised up
Joseph Smith as a prophet, and bus established Has
kingdom again on the enrth, and that those yfho will
m« obey die divine message slutil be cut off from
anting men, by the judgment of an offended God.
Bar then, this is not fanaticism ; it is the very Umtlj,
uiid; we do iudeed know it These are not gtoiu.d-
leaf assertions, neither is Monaonism offered m the
wif Id as a speculation — a rcligioq, the truth of villitji
cat lot be known unul death solves the mystery, jind
eer iiity declares whether it be the everlasting exulta-
nt*: oi damnation of die millions who receive pi »e-
jo^ it.' I am aware that this very confidence of^tftej
M*?mons is taken as a sign of their tanaticism.^W'
itg,i things as certainty and demonstration in religion,
art considered by modem theologians absolutely im-
possible. But how unscriptural and how unpliilp-
so pineal is such a theory. That which is most true
is the most certaiu- Truth lias an irreatsriblenees
which no soDhistrv can destroy. What man with
The Position of the Allies. — The Allies iji
the Crimea have realised die fact that from being
beseigere, they have, by die immensely superior
force of the Russians, become in turn the beseiged-
They are reduced io die defensive. The Londcni
Times says :
: • \ 1 1 i | ! • . > _
“A re-euiburkation is out of die question. We
have not the means of carrying our allies with us
and it were better to sacrifice every maa and every
gun than basely and meanly desert them. Indeed
were we alone, such an operation in the face of surih
ail enemy is not to be thought of. ffoweves grave
our situation may be, we tire spared the fluctuations
of doubt and the agonies of uncertain councils.
There is nothing for the Allied armies in the Crimea
but to maintnin by their valor the position they hat e
token up, or to perish under the weight of over-
whelming numbers. The hackneyed alternative
“to conquer or die," was never put before an army
in a more peremptory shape. This is their duty,
and We doubt not they will do it. They know how
to conquer and they know how to die.”
It may not be generally known that editors get
one important item of subsistence at a very low
price — they get bortd for nothing.
The Baltic arrived out on Wednesday.
Affairs before Sebastopol still continue unchanged.
The weather 1ms been Very bad ami much sickness
prevailed. The Russians mode frequent sorties
against ike French, but were always repulsed with
great loss on both aides. Reinforcements to both
armies continue to arrive.
Prussia declined joining the Triple Alliance ; but
expressed a willingness to negotiate with England
anu France, and with that view a. special Envoy
hud arrived in London.
Lord John Russell, in a speech in Parlimettt,
looked confidently to an offensive and defensive
alliance with Austria before the opening of the
campaign. The foreign enlistment bill has awaken-
ed angry discussions.
BE CAR BFUI, HOW YOU SPEAK
Hush ! why should you speak against the charac-
ter of a female? It is all dial she has to depend
upon in tins world. Just give the impression wings
that she is not as good as she should be, and it will
fly to every nook and comer of the town. The
story you whisper will return in tones of thun-
der, to astonish evein yourself, who was the first
guilty wretch to repeat so base a story. A word has
often proved die ruin of a. virtuous soul— a word,
thoughtlessly spoken it may be, but repeated by an
evil mind. Suppress any thought, which, if uttered,
iniglu injure the character of feeliugs of another. A
thought may be stifled at its birth, but a word spoken
may never be lost. T "
MARRIED
On tbe ‘i6th December, 1854. by Elder Milo 'Andrus,
Mr. Henry Ramfton, Into or Old Alreaford. Southamp-
ton, England, to Mine Frances Dijovoodey, late of
Latchford, Warrington, luigtand.
At the same time and place, by Elder Milo Andrns,
Mr. John Evans, Jr., lab] of Latchford, Warrington,
England, to Miss Mary Ellison, late of Altrincham,
Cheshire, England.
SeUgraj&u $ isjatrjjes
Weigh, everything you utter, sq
that none may misconstrue or receive a wrong im-
pression. Above all, never in a jest, whisper words,
which, if true, would throw u bligln upon a spotless
reputation. — [Boonville Missourian.
From the City Press.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC
New York, Dec. 31. — The steamship Atlantic
arrived off Sandy Hook this p. m., uud was boarded
by the uews yacht of the associated press, and her
news telegraphed to the city about two hours uhead
of her arrival at her dock. The Allautic met with
an accident to her rudder head on the 16th, and was
compelled to pul bqck to Liverpool, where site was
detained tijl Monday ; she, therefore, brings dates
to the ISth.
The news as to the war is unimportant.
Breadstuff's. — Market was firmer and prices
slightly higher. Money unchanged ; Consols closed
at 92.
The New York packet ship Queen of the West
was wrecked in Cardigan Bay •, all hands saved.
The news from the seat of war is to Dec. 4th.
Nothing could be done iu consequence of heavy
rains. The trenches were full of water and ihe
roads impassable.
Omar Pasha was at Varna embarking nineteen
battalions of troops for the Crimea.
Missinq Vessels. — From the lirst of January
last, up to the present time, as the Journal of Com-
merce states, the records show flint fifty-two Ameri-
vessels, of all classes, have been reported miss-
Jolbnal at Madras. — C opies of the fiftu and
sixth numbers of the Latter-day Saints’ Milleniat
Stur and Monthly V isitor, edited and published by
Elder R. Skelton, at Madras, have come to hand.
It is an eight page periodical, of the same size of our
Star. We rejoice to see that the faith and enter-
prise of our brethren in the east are making them-
selves obvious, and we congratulate the Saints in
that portion of the globe on their possession of this
new medium of intelligence, and ulso trust that it
may prove u source of consolation, encouragement,
arid iustr action to them, and a means of enlightening
many honest hearts iu die true principles of eternal
salvation and eternal life,. — [Milleniul Star, (Liver-
can vessels, of all classes, have been reported miss-
ing ; and of tliis number forty-six hove never been
heard of. The total value of the vessels is set down
at $595,700, and the insurance upon them at $343-
000. The total number of seamen in them is esti-
mated at 487.
Ihe Committee — Supreme Court — Bill* Paeeeti, Sff-
W ashi noton, Dec. 30, 1854.
The Senate was in session a lew moments yester-
day, and the House to-day ; but nothing was done,
the session being held only with <t view td adjourn-
ment rill Tuesday next. Washington is now the
most stupidly dull place imaginable, with an entire
suspension of tdl business, both public and private,
uud without that extravagant and dissipated social
(jaioiy which usually characterizes Washington soci-
ety during the winter months. The President’s
levee on Monday next is looked to as the opening’
of the season, to be followed up by private, soirees
and parties till the close of the sesaion.uf Congress.
The political circles are busily engaged in discuss-
ing the Kinney expedition, Molina’s protest, arid
Marcy’s reply ; the Dominicaa treaty, the action of
the British and Freuch Consuls, nud Cnzneuu’s pro-
test ; the Gibson affair, 'and the Adericuffihediation
resolutions', last, but not least, the forthcoming. mes-
sage from the President to Congress on, the subject
of Cuba, is to be enumerated us one of the favorite
themes for comment and speculation. When the
President’s annual message wus given to the coun.--
try u voice of disappointment was heard coming up
from every quarter, cotnplnining that-he had 1 not even
so much as complimented the Queeu of the Antilles
with a pnssing notice, although the Black Warrior
ou'rage and many others of a similar charactei! re-
mained unsettled. Tins singular omission iB charge*
uble to Mr. Mart y, who carries his peace policy to,
extremes, as is proven by the Gipson claim., As a
deniitr renori to save the sinking ship, the .adminis-
tration has at length determined to adopt the Ostend
policy and kick up a war with Spain. The message
is now iu course of preparation recommending a re-,
sort to arms to enforce indemnity, and to seize, upon
Cuba. It will satisfy the cravings of the most reck-
less fillibustera, and must lead to the resignation of
Mr. Marcy, who is opposed in toto to the whole
movement, and the reorganization of the Cabinet.
Such are the conclusions of the politicians here,
drawn froti very safe premises.
Mr. Marcy has prepared, in advance, a report to
Congress; giving bis reasons r ■■ not enforcing the
claim ol' Capt. Walter W. Greson, for indemnity
against the Dutch Government. This claith was
fully recoguized by Mr. Marcy a# being just, and
Mr. Belmont was instructed to press it “temperately
but resolutely upon the Dutch Government, and urge
indemnity for the outrages.” After tins peaceful
negotiation toiled, and the Dutch refused positively
to admit the claim of Capt. Gibson— charging that
the wrong-doer arid “brought the
Tub Bisiiov and the Architect. — The follow-
ing story is told of the "Bishop of London: Wanting
alterations done in the palace of Fulham, he em-
ployed a first rate architect to inspect the building,
and consult us to whui was needed to be done. The
business occupied the latter three or four hours, and
the Bishop, on his report of the expense, determined
not to proceed. He said, however, “ Be good
enough to tell me for how muuli I shall draw a
cheum* on account of the trouble you have taken.”
“I tlinnk your lordship,” was file reply, “ a hundred
guineas.” “A hundred guineas?” “ Yes, my
lord.’’ “ Why many of my curate* do not receive
so. much, lor a whole yoar’§ services.” “ Very true,
my lord, but l am a Bishop in my profession.” The
cheque was drawn and handed over in silence, but
the Bishop sighed as he thought how a mitred archi-
tect could charge the clergy. v.
Parliament had opened. The Queen’s speech is
wholly occupied with the war, except one sentence,
in whtch the Queen says, “ I have concluded a
treaty with the Linked Suites, by which discussions
long and difficult have been equitably adjusted.”
The rest of the speech speaks of the army in the
Crimea with admiration and gratitude ; praises the
co-operation of the French ; says she has concluded
a treaty with Austria, and calls for instant reinforce-
ments for the Crimea. The speech had no effect an
the funds ; the debates on the address are interest-
ing. A bill was read in the House of Lords to en-
list a German Swiss Legion ; also a bill in die .Cbm-
ipods to send militia garrisons abroad. Nothing has
been said of b loan.
The Danish Ministry has been reconstructed.
Trade In China was dull.
Parliament has voted thanks to the army in the
Crimen. The session depends upon government
measures, but it will probably aajourn in about a
week.-
Gen. Ostetn Sacken has arrived iu the Crimea; to
take command of Daneuberg’s division.
A private : despatch says that ratifications of the
Austrian treaty were exchanged at Vienna, oh the
14th. If fob negotiations now pending do not pro-
duce a peace, Russia will call on the sixteenth man
per thousand, equal to a million of men, to take the
field as early as passible.
kiii-sen Pacha has been appointed Turkish Min-
Onb op ru* Men. — The Rockingham (Vo.)
Register thus describes a citizen of Pendleton coun-
ty, Va., Frederick Kejsfor by name :
‘*H«* is now in his 88th year, and has killed dur-
ing his life one thousand dee#, ten elk, three hun-
dred be tire, thirty panthers, and fifty-three wolves.
Verily/ he has slain his share of varmints He was
a volunteer in the whisky insurrection— has a very
young' wife, with two ipteresfing young boys —
“chips of the old block” — one two years old and the
ether four.”
A Sensible Duel.— A friendly duel, says the
8ah Joaquin Republican, took place on Monday
afternoon, at Moquelumue-hill, between Mr. La-
lorge* courtly cleric of Calaveras, uud a Mr. Dudley.
They chose the unique manner of squirting Water at
each other, to cool their wounded' honor. Ona-com-
batant supplied himself with the hose of the Union
Water Com|>atiy, the oilier with that 0f the Massa-
chusetts Company. Marking the distance, wluch
was about 20 foot, they commenced playing upon
each other. The combatants withstood the cool ap-
plication manfidly lor about ten minutes, when Bar.
Dudley, thinking discretion the better part of valor,
retired from the contest- — [N. Y. Herald.
Kosta AOAiN ist Bonos. — The Chicago Journal
of the 13th mst., learns that Martin Kostza recently
met with a fall , and through dial means bps again
been captured. No Marcy-ful interference, however,
wilh be expectedv since the captive not only submits
to his bonds, but actually boasts of them. The fol-
liMving is the account uf the affair : : , ' f
“In this city, on the 12th mst., by Judge H. L.
Rucker, Captain Martin Kostza was married to
Mrs; Lucinda MoF&U, of Chicago.
Remarkable Prediction.- — The following is
•tken from uu old volume of predictions, written in
the lfitb century, and now in the possession of a
genllemuu residing at Cltnrd, Somerset —
-■ In twice two hundred years the Bear
The Crescent will assail; ’■ '■
But if the Cock and Bui) unite, , : . f ;•
■ i * Tils Bear will not prevail. . ,
Ju twice tea years again,
JUit Islam know and fear.
The Cross shall stand,
*rtie Crescent wane, dissblve, and disappear.-*’
Narrow Souls. — It is with narrow-souled people
as with narrow-necked bottles — the less they have in
thetn, Ihe more noise they make in pouring it out.
ister of Finance.
Washington, Jan. 1. — The receptions by. the
President and members of the Cabinet, and the
Foreign Ministers had been more generally observed
than usual. «<!••
' * I
New Orleans, Jan. 1. — Advices from Texas
slate that Chen. Houston will resign Ins seat ip the
United Styles Senate at the end of the present
session.
The Indians of Te.xn8 are disposed to settle on the
lands reserved for them.
Independence, Jan. 1. — The Salt Lake mail,
under charge of Mr. Emerson, reached here last
night, bringing dates to the 3d. The parly iwere
compelled to pack through the mountains, there be-
ing from twelve to eighteen inches snow. Business
is reviving A little at Salt Lake City. The; new
route from California to Salt Luke, avoiding the duu-
gers on (he Humboldt, was tried successfully by
Mr. Greathouse, making the trip in twenty-five
days. 1 ••
A lew Cheyenne Indians were met by the mail
party. The weather was remarkably pleasant dur-
ing the latter part of thejourney. It had been as-
certained by the Sioux Indians, themselves, that five
of them, with a brother and son of the Big Bear
chief, killed Jriinison and party, to revenge the death
of Big Bear, killed by the soldiers at Laranjip, last
August. H , ’ i
New Yank, Jan. 2, 3 p. at . — The steamer Daniel
Webster hup arrived with California dates to
A Mexican caught running away with a negro
woman, 'was recently tried by a jury at'Goliad, Tex-
as, and sentenced to one hundred and fifty lathes,
and to be branded with the letter T on his forehead.
The True Medicines.— To feel Veil, you must
take daily exercise in the open air. “There is more
vitality in half-a-dozen swigs at the fountain of pure
oxygen, than, in all the powders, piLb, and other
fix ins pi' the vfhole rqce of potecaries. — [American
Courier.
Col. Benton and the Pacific Railroad.
The Washington correspondent of the N. Y.
Times, writes : ,,
Col. Benton says fie has die Pacific Railroad in
his pocket ; that is to say, he lias the uamesof twen-
ty-three of the most eminent capitalists in the count-
ry, to be put into a bill, as the names of members of
a company to whom .Congress shall grant simply the
right of way through the public lands for a railroad
to the Pacific. These names were fqrnisbed him
by Wm. F. Weld, die “ Railroad king” of New
England. Every mou on the list is a milUodaire,
and, aldiougb some ol them have not been consulted
in the matter, Mr. Weld guarantees dint all of them
will consent, te'lake part in die enterprise. The fol-
lowing is the list ;
Hon Abbott Lawiance, William Sturgis, Robert
C. Winthorp, Samuel Hooper, William Appleton,
John M. Forbee, John F. Thayer, David A. Neal,
H. H. Hunnewell, William F. Weld, William
Amory, nil of Boston ; John C. Brown, of Provi-
dence, R.L; Wm. R. Rodman of New Bedford.
Mass,; Erastua Coming, of Albany, N. Y,; Qeorge
Griswold, T. W . Perkins, Watts Sherman, R. H.
Winslow, Edwin C. Litchfield. Geqrge Bancroft,
Thomas Tilesion, John A. Stephens, R. B. Minturn,
all of New. York. , I( J . ‘ I ‘
; Col. Benton proposes to introduce a bill giving
these gentlemen the right of way for a road, leaving
diem to. select the route, and giving no aid whatever
from the Government, nor any promise of aid. He
thinks he will get his bill dirough, and that the Com-
.pany wifi go on with the work at once.
Capt. G. was the wrong-doer nrid “brought foe
evil upon himself” — then Mr. Marcy discovers, for
the first time, that this Government cannot enforce
the demand, as the outrage upon Capt. G. was
clothed iu judicial forms. He says, in his report of
foe case, that “we cannot go behind these judicial
forms unless we yield to other Govennents the same
privileges ns respects the proceedings of our own
Courts. And why, I would ask iu foe name of our
judiemiy, should we shrink from any investigation
into the diameter of our legal proceedings ? If “we
ask nothing but what is right, and submit to nothing
that is wrong,” why should we seek protecconf from
the closest scrutiny into the justice and lutegrhy of
our “judicial forms? ’’ And is it international that
the Dutch Indians shall rob and imprison American
citizens, apd by cloaking the outrages with judicial
forms escape chastisement? Humanity revolts at
the idea. The sage conclusion of the Secretary of
State comes rather late. He has been urging a claim '
for indemnity for outrages commuted on Capt. Gib-
son by the Netherlands India. If foal claim was
uniust, he should not have sent the instructions he
v.7 . ir • t > - * .L . ’ill;
Sixty Ykars Acjo. — O n Chrisimas Day, 1794,
the ship Betiiey, 190 tons was launched in Salem,
thermometer 80 degrees at noon. The grease ran
down the ways, and men and bays indulged in
swimfog as in streamer. — [Boston Atlas.
A man came into a printing office to beg a paper.
“ Because,” said he> “ we like to read foe news-
paper very rnujeh, but our neighbors are all too stingy
In InlrA '
Ladies wishing to punish their husbandi, will de
well to bear in mind that a little warm sunshine will
melt an icicle sooner than a north-wester, i
SeiktT Raspings. -^—D eputy Sheriff Higdon com-
mrtfed a resident of Hamehown to the County Lu-
natic Asylum, yesterday afternoon, who lias lost his
reason through the influence of Spiritualism. For
several days he had kept himself armed with a gun
and a revolver, and occupied- himself in shooting at
imaginary objects.— -[Gin. Times.
the 8fli.
The steamer Star of the West left Sari Juari on
the 23d ult., for New York, with 250 passengers
and $700, Q00 treasure.
The California mails axe quite unimportant,
A Russian privuieer had arrived at San Francis-
co. having eacaped froni the. Allied fleets,
The f S.' frigate Columbia, with Mjinister
Wheeler add Ex-Consul .Fabens jcp board, had ar-
rived at Grey town, at whieh town there were eight
British maa-pf-war.
The U. S. steamer Princeton was at Aspiriwall.
Arrival of the Asia — Prospects of the war.
^Nicw You*, Jtan. A.— The Russian' defenses On
the south are estimated at one hundred guns stronger
than when the seige commenced ; while on the other
hand, the British hod erected a very powerftil new
battery, not yet opened, on an eminence north of the
valley of Inkerman, commanding every house in
Sebastopol, besides being another step towards the
letting consequences rake care of themselves. The
Committee on Foreign Relations, to Whom was re-
ferred foe correspondence on this subject, will report
at an early day in favor of enforcing the claim.
The Supreme Court will be engaged until Wed-
nesday next, on cases No; 37, 38, and 1 89 — Me Blair
et id. v. Oliver’s executors. These eases j depend
upon the facts involved, and will consume much tinfe
in the arguments. The object of the appellants is
to set aside a decree in bankruptcy, of be admitted
as beneficiaries in the assets; The plaintiffs are
Boston merchants. PiqH-.j'ao.ura'LkfcT i Ik**;-'
. Cpngre^j has passed sixty-one bills up tp this
time.
A fndn asked another, whom he was about
16 help to chicken, whether he wished the wing or
the leg? “It is a matter of indifference to me,”
replied the ofoer. “And infinitely so to ine,” re-
plied foe carver, laying down His knife and fork and
resuming his dinner. : 4*'
“ Ma, ,v said an inquisitive little girl, “ frill rich
and poor people live together when they go to hea-
ven f” * Yes, my dear, they will beall alike there.”
“ Then, ma, why don’t nob and popr Christiana as-
sociate together here?”., The rich mother did not
answer.
A firm faith is the beat divinity, a good life ie the
best philosophy, a dear conscience .foe best law,
honesty the best policy, and temperance foe best
Pfiy®P‘ .;.vfc • K' its hstpujn . >!■ m\ J ; ...
*ii jfc ] 43 jp'
•j* si ibart# ,«foj *
Who Fovoht the Battles or Englad? — It
appears that of the 1400 British killed at foe battle
of the Almav no less than 759 were Irish.
3JX IO
RMOVAL .
F ftAXCIS LRPKnR hn» timo'-wI'hU store from No. 81 FrankiM .*»*.
nuc. lo 111 . premlsre (o.nicrly ixeuplrl 6>' reoth-f*«l con,*, ot
Hovctirt sod Franklin ftwlioe.
A CARD.
mny SotoeHtw, thsnktul for the very lIBhtU P*tron*»o U*, toRW
T ULWJ 1 him duilUK tlw post IWI) Woohl S»r <° bl» P»tron» Mkl lh,
rMiv thiTt ho will spare no (mills lo rentier MtUUcik*
«J2y iSSw «Udc pttrehasrU at hi. c,U.MUhmc.tl. Will, lam*.
fncHIUM tor pmrlixtlog goods, I
bled lo compote with aw |wo«‘
Dec. ®, 3 !'
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I N STORK and to ttrrtvtj, Hie
60 ha«K prime Hlo OOtTc . . .
60 i»ockctf> ukl Kovcrrmu-Ht Jn* a
tit; 130 bf. “ U ““ K
•20 bag#
30 bo xc6 pun) ..
6 c»Ak?t Uri«J OurrtOU*;
10 Mvcr , « T\>hac<rt> , - -
6 cares thilofa SanlluM, t-^t
26 boxes Baker’s Coboa and fltlocolatu ,
60 boxre MR. ltalalua. •;•«•..•;
Dec* ». • A , ..
“ CHILD, PRATT & CO.,
IMPORTERS AlfcD WHOLESALE DBALHRS
IN TORKKN
Third Door hor th of the Bank of Miewafl,
ST. LOUIS*
«*«•*»’«• : ' 5 u.. . — p **
Speak not in the gift of tongues without understand-
ing it, or without interpretation. The devil can
speak in tongues; the adversary will come with hia
work; he can tempt all classes; can speak in Eng-
lish or Dutch. Let no one apeak in tongues uulest
he interpret, except by the conseut of the one who is
placed to preside ; then he may discern or interpret,
or another may. Let us speak for the glory of
Abraham, Noah, Adoun, the Apostles, who have
communion with these things, and then we shall be
among that number when Christ comes.
the Son of Man shall send forth his angels,” Ac.
All these authoritative characters will come down,
and join hand .and hand in bringing about this
work. ;
The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mus-
tard seed. The mustard seed is small, but brings
forth a large tree, and the fowls lodge in the bran-
ches. The fowty are the angels. Thus angels come
ibme together, to gather their children an*
in. We cannot be made perfect without
they without us. When these things are ]
Son of Mon will descend, the Ancient of
we may come to an innumerable company
have communion with and receive in-
ram them. Paul told about Moses' pro-
spoke of the children of Israel being bap-
He knew this, an* that all the ordinan-
blessings were in the church. Paul had
itis. and we may have the fowls of heaven
this city, relates an incident m roal hie weii wortny
of record. Though it may be unnecessary, we will ^
remark, by way of preface, that tunoug Friends, as
among world’s people, all professions and all trades, ,
from a doctor to a seaman, are represented; and, j
better yet, tire dose-fitting bonnets sometimes shade
prettier fuoes, and the sober-hued dresses cover more
-kindly hearts, than you shall find in days, of search
among recognized beauties. •a’ 1 ’- 1 * '
Well, « bevy of these fair ones were gathered
last Saturday afternoon at die house of oue of. their
number, whose lather is a noted physician a man
with the prefix of G. for a name, (at least we will
give him that name now. > It was imottl fashioned
sewing circle meeting. Garments were made lot
the poor during the afternoon — after tea the young
men were to come, and they all expected “ a nice
time” before they went home. When they sal down
at the tea table, all were in high glee, but their
mirth was checked by the sudden sickness o! tie
mistress of the mansion, then eugaged in pouring
> was obliged to retire,
excellent, and all appetites
that her absence was leat noticed than
• ' ' i. After the meal was
young lady complained of not feeling well,
with Mrs. C.
men, and
were at a stand
thought she
Another
* bread op life.
5 ; Albeit for tick of- bread wi> dia, ‘
Die’ in a hundred Homeless ways—
’Tie dot for bread alone w* cry,
?? In these our later days.
‘4 (t is Itot fit that man should Spend
; His strength o« frame, his length of year*,
y It, toiling for that dally eud —
\ Mere bread, oft wet with tears.
\ That is not wholly good or gain
article D 0 tW)Wr<f*t hi. c/tobltehnKnt. With lncnr*i»j
tood., and oostonxllou* non roonw, —o arc cu».
.. ._
PH ANCtS LHHKHB.
.... following arUcnwcfot Md* Urtrit* t»|,
fire ; 20 bass LaitUiT* > .
chert. and cliwis IropertaJ* Yunils Ur*^ 11 and Black T *A 1 ,
«. uo*. wholo Bcmwr ; 6 bos* AWpl«0
acaaco Nutmcis*; J Hal® doixsa! ,c, „ ; . ■
ground Snlcea; 26 do. Oa*l«c Soap >
- ■ ■ 20 iwctca Citron i . v
; 26 barrel* latiiwde Atmoudi.;
Mdro Baptisms — Improving Prospects In Phila-
delphia and la New Jersey. -
Elder Samuel Harrison writes from Philadelphia
as follows : '< . ■
We called a conference in thia city on the 2d oi
October, when there were reported 1®) members,
including Elders, Priests, Teachers and Deacons, all
in tolerably good standing. This branch was left pi
my charge by Elder Jacob Gibaon, now in die vol-
ley, four years ago last March ; it then numbered
128 souls. Since that time, there have been 100
souls added by baptism ; the greater part of tins
number have gone to the valley, aud some hove
been out off. The saints here are, generally speak-
I inor, in Door circumstances, but wiah to gather ps
FRANCIS LHPKHV.
' Which a*al» the mind and sears the heart,
The life long labors to sustain
Man's perishsble part.
His Is the ueed, and his tha right • .
' Of leisure, free from harsh control,
That he may seek for mental lighi-i
And cultivate bis soul ;
Leisure to foster into bloom
; Affections struggling to expand ;
So shall lit* thought, w»tb ampler mom,
Improve his skill of band.
>
'.And he should look with reverent eye*,
} Sometimes, on Nature’* open page ;
Not solely are the wondrous skies
f’ For school-man and for sage.
Hearth’s ffower-huea blush, bear Va star-light*
burn,
> Not only for the happy few ; ,
To them the toiling man should turn,
For lofty pleasure, too.
But If ye take his blood for broad.
And drive him in one dreary round,
■ Since he and h.s must needs bo fed,
Ye crush him to the ground.
His mind can grow no soaring wing,
His heart can feel no generous glow ;
Ve make him that wretched thing—
A slave, and yet a foe.
IjOTJIS'ESPENHCHI
WAGON MANUFACTURER,
earner at Broadway amt I.nbeaome Hiaarl,
I OPPOSITE EMMHE M ILla^*.- . - J •
KOKril >r. LOBI», M«.
Doe. S, ’64.
OHTl.tlvmiBaT 10 troty^eeBSre-
JVFtat xwaoiy.oad liaJdeoa ware to allevlati tiemoo •uflortng ibu
w« *«4e, purity , and MM#p : « •“•> -
11 Win hPAl Uu U**i riant or s<»I« vm^aat a
SvwtSbSS^ Sq*W few* to itat
' ,f Reait* tba tuUoorlac extract of a *««• k> mrentretoW. preot *
la wonder Wl ettlcocy:
a bund ban aastoBBDTO ainar.
. „ — ■ . — .V—- oi. i b»vo been runedns for two
belts d «•*« nltojieUter Wind. I w*.
years wun rocnn»M _ nhvsk-laiw. but none cl them could do um> auj
SSSSfeS'SS
out the tVagram beverage. She
The food provided was <
were good, so i — — -
it otherwise would have been,
over, one
and volunteered to keep company
It was nearly time lo expect the young
amusements as well bb occupations
still, when another ol the guesta was, or
was going to be sick, and ofl she went,
and another complained and retired, until at last
every one had gone to those unknown regions “ up
stairs.” The parlors were deserted and dark— the
young men arrived, and looked blank. The scene
“up stairs" wua, aside frorp the associations, ex-
tremely ludicrous. On beds, on lounges, on chairs,
on rugs, and even on the carpets— wherever recum-
bent positions could be secured — our beauties were ]
its, and make l0 ^ found, and eauh held fast for her own speuial
month. use 50 ^ wash bowl or other appropriate snide,
with Thomas f| ave y 0U ever visited the ladies cabin of a steamer
Colborn ° and Elders Wiliam Trace and Skidmnte, or p^ket the first duy out at sea ? Here was a couu-
visited the saints at Toms river, New Jersey, where te ypurt of the scene. ..
we found a branch of fifty-odd members. The saints Presently the physician came home, but he could
there received us very kindly, and we found a good nol relieve either his wife or her guests— at least nol
spirit prevailing in theft midst. We held a confer- unti [ he found out what the matter was. He called
ence, and 54 members were reported in good stand- f or ^ ( . 00 i fi but received no -answer. Going to the
ing, including 4 Elders, 3 Priests, 2 Teachers, and kitchen he found Ute poor girl groaning and in tem-
1 Deacon. Many good saints have been gathered. j,le distress — and she had a bowljoo. He visile
from this place. ru.
The fore part of this month I paid them another
vftit alone. I was with them 10 days. I preached
every night I was there. We had full congregations ;
the people seemed to be interested in the truth. The
result is, I have baptized 15 into the church, and re-
baptized nearly all the members, who seem to have
a desire to renew their covennnu. axw* ouux aire8h in
the work. There are many that are believing an
will soon be in the church— amongst these is an old
Methodist preacher. J
sessed the kingdom. Thia not only makes us min-
isters here, but in eternity.
Salvation cannot come without revelation ; it is in
vain for any one y> minister without it. No man is
a minister of Jfesus Christ without being a prophet.
No re* 1 " can be the minister of Jesus Christ except 1
he has the testimony ol Jesus ; and this is the spirit
of prophecy. Whenever salvation has been admin-
istered, it has been by testimony. Men of the pres-
ent time testify of heaven and of hell, and liave
never seen either ; and 1 will say that no man knows
these things without this.
Men prol«88 to propheay. I will prophecy that
die signs of the coming of die Son of Man are
already commenced. One pestilence will deso-
late after another. We shall soon have wai and
bloodshed. The moon will be turned into blood. I
on their way to Liverpool, the saints have gone lorth
and renewed their covenants by being re-bapnzod,
and I am happy to say dial there is now a belter
feeling amongst diem dtan there has been for many
years. We have now a very large hall to meet un
and many strangers come lo hear preaching, aud I
think there will be a good work done here diis win-
ter, from present appearances. We have organized
the official members, and set them to work visiting
the saints. We have the city divided
and require the officers to visit the sail
a report at the council meeting once a
During this summer, L i» company
wifely egaiagMBStgj
Ua!Fe, whfcV 1 bavoiMUrilUUcd on ihc tho CWtwr of Main u>4
t D-fc-a**, «n ew*m S oat my h«v„.«k.
XAmlnti boflf. - T w nOIT.
, i
About tills time, iu reply to many enquiries, i gat e
oh explanation to the Priesthood, and many princi-
ples connected therewith, of which the following is
a brief synopsis :
The, Pricsdiood was given to Adam ; he obtained
the finsl Presidency, and held the keys of it fiom
generation to generation. He obtained it in the
creation, before the ivorid was formed, as iu Gen. i,
36, 28, He hud dominion given him over every liv-
ing mature. He is Michael the Arch-angel spoken
of in lite Scriptures. Then to Noah’wlio is the angel
Gabriel ; he stands next in authority to Adam in the
Priesthood; he was called of God to his office, and
was the futheT ol all living in his day, and lo him
was given the dominion. These men held keys first
on earth and then in heaven.
' The Priesthood is an everlasting principle, and
exited with God from eternity, and will to eternity,
v/ithout beginning of days or end of years. The
keys have to be brought from heaven whenever the
” . vrrt at- ... aAlfnololl fmm lurfta
the still standing table and carelully inspected the
tea, apple-sauce, the preserves, the butter— every
thing. He made no discoveries.
By this time the cook bad partially recovered, and
be took her to task. “ What did you put into the
biscuits to-night ? " “ Sure, nothing, zur, (oh dear,
oirb- T 1 onlv what I always does.” “ Well.
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Mormonism In the Crimea. *
Elder J. F. Bell, President of the Malta mission, ■
write* to President F. D. Richards, Liverpool, under !
date of October 16, 1854. From this letter, pub-
lished in the Star, we extract the following mterea- '
ting items : •
Having received a batch of letters from the two
branches of this church, now in the east, namely,
the “Floating Branch," and the “Expeditionary Fo-
roe Branch,” and their contents being somewhat in-
teresting, I send you the chief particulars, from which
yaiy will perceive that while war with its attendant
horrors is raging, the gospel still progresses through
the instrumentality of these brethren. For the mer-
oies of God in preserving those brethren, and still
adding to their number, we feel to return Him our
heartfelt praises, and to call upon all saints to do
likewise, and join with us in prayers for tlieir con-
tinued preservation and prosperity.
From a letter from Elder H. Russell, 22d Sep-
tember, Sebastopol, I learn dial on the 20th a batde
was fought at a place called Alma, (2000 killed) in
which our brediren were engaged, but no one was
even wounded. Elder West of the 93d regiment
had baptized one. From other letters, I learn of
die baptism of two others, aud that many were ex-
pected to enter die church when they could get into
winter quarters. 1 i
From Priest S. Ballard, (Rifle brigade) I learn
that he was invited by some Methodists to preside
‘ over their meet'nga. This invitation he accepted ;
1 but having convinced one of diem of die trudi of
the work, the remainder broke up, and do not even
! meet among themselves. The one continues to in-
1 veBtigale the work with increasing satisfaction, and
’ is expected, together widi another, to be baptized
shortly. Brother Ballard ia creating considerable
' stir in the Rifle brigade. He aud a brother Paul of
’ the Royal Sappers, meet neatly every night for pray-
UKB BEGETS DIKE.
ys since, a lady entered one of our dry
i on Merrimack street, and wished to
le blue Thibets. She was informed that
those blues” had been sold the day pre-
id some green, which was a really
and would suit her just as well, “if
" “But I wish for blue,” said
but you had better try this
well if you only think
vious, but tney m
splendid article,
she only thought so.
the lady. “Yes ma’am,
green ; it will suit you just as
so.” The storeeeeper evidently thought he had
struck a bright idea, and kept insisting in about the
same language. The lady finally concluded she
would accommodate the gentleman, and allowed
him, in accordance with his earnest request, to cut
off some of Ute green. When the package was duly
prepared, the lady moved towards the door, with a
smiling “good morning, sir.” “You have forgotten
to pay me," said the storekeeper. “That’s no mat-
ter,” replied the lady ; “it will suit you just as well,
if you only think so,” and she actually walked away
leaving the gentleman pondering on the effect of hia
own wit, and the remarkable facility with which she
“stole his thunder;" The general opinion appears
to be, the lady was nol “green” if the Thibet was.
We go in with the majority.— [Lowell News.
Aupear. more lair *o view
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H. time by .11 wu r»t«<! !
HU boouiu —ells wltli prtdo;
Wbllo th«y .Omlrtng gttznl,
He raJ.erl IU. vole* aud crlod— .1
« Friend., would you liavo my Joy,
And vrtu »n cqum l.uui.
Your Hat* on Broadway buy;
1 .1 Th.ro’. n low morn led— U» »m«.”
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FOR $4 EACH!
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Practical Dy«ra aaff, BCOiiirai*,
Ho. IU North 3d «L, 3 d«n Jtrom Vine, Soulh Cde, aud No. WO
at . hotwft-n 6lh .ml 7lh, St. tout. Mo.
BP H*vwnp«»a their now mu* c *vapIWu* Ml8Wurtmi«^ 4 J
racmT mSS C 0 . 1 ., PinUloooa, V««t», &c., Dy*d, Sroarol
ncatty repalfcdi ! , r^f.
Mm, on the mount when they \yere trammgurea ue- (]
lore him. The Priesthood is everlasting— without (
beginning of days or end of years; without father, t
mother, ^tc. If there is no change ol ordinances, ^
there ia no change of Priesthood. VV iterever the ^
onlii unices of the gospel are administered, there iB j
the Priesthood. 1
How have we come at the Priesthood in the last
4ays? It nine down, down, in regular succession. ,
Peter, James, and John had it given to them, and (
they gave it to others. Christ is the greal high ,
Priest; Adam next. Paul speaks of the church
homing to an innumerable company of angels — to
ihe judge ol all— die spirits of just men made per-
fect to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant,
%c.: Heb. xii, 23.
; I saw Adam iu the valley of Adam-oudi-Ahman.
He called together his children and blessed diem
with a patriarchal blessing. The Lord appeared in
their midst, and he (Adam) blessed them all, and
foretold what should befall them to the latest genera-
tion. See D. C. , sec. iii, 28, 29 pars.
This i* v hy Abraham blessed his posterity — he
wanted to bring them into the presence of God.
‘They looked for a city, &.c. Mores sought to bring
"the children of Israel into the presence of God,
^through the power of the Priesthood, but h* could
W In the first ages of the world they tried to es-
tablish the same thing; and there were Eliases raised I
up who tried to restore these very glories, but did
not obtain them; but they propesied of a day when
this glory should be revealed. Paul spoke of the
'i dispensation of the fullness of times, when God
Would gather together all things in one, &6 ; and
■-hose men to whom these keys have been given will
have to be there, and they without u* canpot be
made perfect.
These men are in heaven, but their children are
* on earth. Their bowelB yearn over us. God sends
^jowa men for flu* reason. Matt. 18-~41 ; “ And
't Departure or the Clara WaKELim.-i-Tlie
Clara Wheeler, with 421 Saints on board, including
infants, cleared for New Orleans on the 24th ult.
Elder Henry £. Phelps took the Presidency of
the company, with Elders John Parson and James
Crossly as his counselloaa. We commend these
brethren and their company to the watchful care and
protection of our Heavenly Father, and trust that His
blessings will constantly attend them in their journey
to the land and cities of Zion. — [Millenial Star,
(Liverpool,) Dec-,®*- ^
If the work takes a start m that division oi me army,
it may extend from that to another, and so on. At
present the baptisms have taken place in one division
only.
Elder A. Downes, of the Floating Branch, has
two persons ready for baptism the first opportunity
thdy can get. He baa sent me an qrder for books,
&c. All the brethren of that Branch, and those of
There
the E. F. Branch, were in good standing,
has been a frightful mortality from cholera, both in
the army and nayy. On board the Brittania, about
one hundred deaths had occurred.
From the Branch in Malta, I may say we^ are
the work. Although cholera
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united and rejoicing in
has raged on every hand and taken away many, yet
it was only permitted to pay us a hasty visit, the or-
dinance of anointing proving, with God’s blessing,
efficacious in one moment, for which we .ever feel to
praise God every time we think of it.
<C DR. WHITE,
HOM(EOPATHIST.
121 Pine Street, between Fourth ana Fifth.
ST. LOUIS, MO-
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& Enquirer, who has recently returned from Europe,
says that the 93d Highlanders, the regiment which
received and repulsed the charge of Russian cavalry
with such coolness on the 25th of October, ’has vol-
unteered to lead the storming party when the
breaches are opened at Sebastopol. Probably not
one of the gallant fellows will live to know whether
the attack is (nccaasfol or not.
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SHINETH IN DARKNESS AND THE DARKNESS COMPREHENDETH IT NOT. JESUS
LIGHT
Godhead; lo, go through a preparatory work, similar
to the one we &jp now engaged in on this earth.
From this principle we may also conclude, that our
Father in heaven was once ad we now are, a so-
journer upon an earth similar to this, where the
powers i of ; evil for a time held sway, to afflict, trou-
ble, and. perplex Him and His fellow-sojourners, and
that He in this way learned to feel for the afflictions
arid infirmities of H>s children. ,
The Redeemer of the world was also a “ man of
By experience
bring it under subjeoMou to me taws or rigmein®- ,
ness, under which it was organized, and. through the
keeping of which, it wilt be . enabled to attain the
otjett of its creation^ To accomplish this desimble
end, and lay a foundation for an eternal increase,
requires a constant exercise of the will, a rigid de-
tednination of purpose, and a concentration of action,
aided by the enlightening influences of the Holy
Ghoet. The Lord, iu Hts wisdom, lias surrounded
us with a chain of circumstances which compel us to
exercise our faculties for the attainment pf either ,
good or evil, but it is left to us whether we will
the organization of
Devoted' to Science, Religion, General Intelligence and
Sews of the Day. „
• KD1TBD AND HJIIUHM M
ERASTIJS SSOW.
Or rick: Basement or Cmomh, C° lof r- R or JvV»th
Street and W aihinoton Avenue.
sorrows and acquainted witli grief.
He acquired a knowledge of , evil, and overcame evil
with good, and kept the law of righteousness, through
which he obtained His exaltation as “ King of kings
onid Lord of lords,” “ and aits high and exalted op
the throne of His glory ; ” as it is written!. “ He re-
ceived not of die fulness at first, but continued from
^race to grace, until he received a fulness."
It was by no sudden transitions, no miraculous
power, that these holy and pxoited personages attain-
ed! to their present position. They, like us, coip-
menced to drink of some of the smaller streams
which flow from the fountain of eternal knowledge.
Tl^ey received the ordinance of baptism, and the
Gift of the Holy Ghost, and brought everytliing per-
taining to themselves into complete subjection to the
sanctifying influences of the latter. The Holy
Ghost is a celestial power, forming a port pf the
Godhead, an emanation from its personages, and
will lead lo eternal life all who are (lie willing sub-
jects of its influence. The more perfectly we are
subservient to its power, the more it will increase
upon us, untd we shall be able to control others by
its operations through us, and begin to bear rule in
die kingdom of our God. ,
As is now required of us, so those who have gone
before us learned the principles of self government
before they acquired dominion over others. While
in their low condition, the spirit of their Father rest-
ed upon them for dieir direction, comfort, and conso-
lation, and revealed to them dungs in heaven and on
earth, up fast ns they were capable of receiving and
toakiiig a proper use of them, for their own benefit,
and die building up of their Father's kingdom. In
die same manner the Spirit of pur heavenly Father
will rest upon us, as we purify ourselves from every-
thing that is uncongenial to its nature, to turn the
bevs of knowledge, open up the fountain of svisdom,
make ue feel the preludes of eternal joys, and enable
us to endure those trials and afflictions which, W®
must pass through in order to be made perfect.
i We talk of progression, and pray that we may
aijrive at perfection, but we never shall until we be-
gin to practice what we believe, and strive to attain
to' that which we pray for. The way to arrive at
this most desirable result, is to go diligently to work,
aud make ourselves, and the will of God concerning
ud, the great study of life; to examine ourselves
thoroughly, and endeavor to understand wherein we
have departed from the laws of nature iu our habits
of life,, wherein we have introduced unnatural sub-
stances into our bodies, whereby they have been in-
jured, and filled with imperfection, and then use
every means in our power, and particularly call to
odr aid temperance, cleanliness, and a cheerful spirit,
and by these means endeavor to remove our imper-
fections, and strengthen the principles pf life. In
doing these tilings we fit our bodies for the reception
j of the Holy Ghost, which will increase upon us in
exertions to become fit temples for
meat, of His purposes. There is an immense variety
in the gradations of matter, and also an equal varie-
ty of laws by which that matter is governed. The
lesser sphere is governed by the higher, through an
infinite succession of inteUigencies. Therefore,
whatever changes are necessary are brought about
by the Uglier law which governs those portions of
matter ip be operated upon. Consequently, there
are no miracles, according to the generally received
understanding of the word, viz., something done
contrary to the established laws of nature. God is u
God of order, and not of irregularity and unnatur-
al disturbance. It may be asked, what has tliis to
do with the principles of self government ? I an-
swer, everything. We need not expect the Lord to
perform some unnatural ad to accomplish our salva-
tion, buj in order to attain it, He expects men to keep
the laws of their sphere, even os He observes the
laws of that in wUch He moves. To keep these
laws, is to increase in the principles of eternal life ;
to break them, leads to disorganization, or eternal
death.
The Holy Ghost is a natural element, it works in
a natural way, and its operations produce natural
and unavoidable results. It cannot produce ,the
same beneficial effects upon those whose bodies are
unclean, whose blood ia corrupted with the deleteri-
ous influences of tobacco, tea and coffee, impregna-
ted with the fumes of alchohol, or weakened and' en-
ervated Sy gluttonous habits or undue indulgence in
the gratification of lustful desires, as it can upon
' those bodies whose hlood is undfiled, and pure, aud
who are not lavish of the principled of life and vital-
iiy— in short as those who keep the laws of nature,
choose the good, and increase in
life, or the evil, and go down to disorganization and
death, These circumstances are necessary Cor the
increase of our powers and faculties, through their
being properly exe raised. Only a very small por-
ting of mankind have, any adequate conception oJ
because circumstances, do not
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their inherent powers,
develops them.
The proper use of knowledge already in posses-
sion, will not only continually develops the powers
of! life within- ourselves, but will enable us tb shed
abroad its redeeming influences upon this creation,
which through us lias become degenerated.
Self government is the first principle- of celestial
law, the foundation of eternal lives, and the begin-
ning of the means by which we can lay hold of the
powers to cOrae, and arrive at those exalted conditions
•Which will fit' us for the presence of the Father.
Tyranny, avarice, murder, lornication, and adultery,
with their many evil effects, including war, pesti-
lence, and plague, whioh have filled the earth with
mtnirning and sorrow, are the result of perverting to
evil purposes those intellectual capacities, varied de-
sires gnd inclinations, which were given to man for
his growth in the principles ol eternal life.
None are in the way whieh leads to a celestial
glory, until they begin to restrain themselves, and
control for righteous purposes these degenerating
influences which have been increasing in strength
for many generations, through tho transgressions of
thpir fathers, and make that use of every part of
th^hr organizations which will tend to increase their
strength and power. All things which the Lord
created were good when He finished them, and not
wily so iu themselves, but adopted te good purposes.
In all the dark catalogue of- lumun, puamv.
propensities, which corrode the hearts of men, and
blight the bfetter feelings of their nature, there are
uone but what, if controlled in righteousness, would
become blessings, and tend to exaltation. Anger,
wfien subdued arid governed, gives determination of
purpose, and energy of character. Courage is per-
verted when used to oppress the weak ; or to shed
thp blood of the mnoceht. It was' designed to stim-
ulate to noble deeds, to succour the oppressed, and to
siistniu the principles ol righteousness and truth.
The desire to accumulate wealth and influence
serves continually to develope the powers -of the
trend, in modifying and re-organizing the elements
with whioh we are surrounded. When perverted,
this desire leads men to intrude upon the rights of
others, and to assume to themselves an undue share
of the blessings of life, and to the exclusion of equal
01 ; superior worth. Men stimulated by a righteous
ambition, will strive for power by doing good, and
by being superior to others in everything which
tends to perfection and happiness. We often think
aid speak of attaining to the powers of the world to
come, as if it was the work of a few short years, and
a$ though we expected an immediate transition from
contact wifiv the crude elements of this “ dark and
dreary world," intoieAhthe great responsibilities and
ejealted occupations of the next,
j This terrestrial globe, with all its various organi-
tlie similitude
BY ELDER JAMES A. LITTLE.
In the morning of creation, when Adam and Eve
avere still clothed in the glory End beauty of on im-
mortal state, the Lord God sat'd unto thertt, “ Be
fruitful, and multiply and replenish the earth, and
subdue it ; and have dominion over the fish of the
sea,, and over the fowl of the air, and over every
living thing flint moveth upon the enrth.’’ — Gen. i.
28. However short and simple this commission
compared with its importance, we
may appear when
I darn from this passage that God created Adam,
and then authorized him to rule over all the lower
orders of creation pertaining to this earth. We
foam of no limitation to his authority, but rather
that it extended to the subduing of whatever op-
posed him.
Lucifer, iu choosing a channel of communication
through which to tempt Eve, selected the serpent,
because he “ was more subtle than any beast of the
field which the Lord God had made.” Satan ap-
pears to have exercised equal wisdom in selecting
the woman as the object of his* temptations. From
her weakness he probably anticipated success, and
he was not disappointed. Be this as it may, it is
quite sufficient for us to know that Satan succeeded
in his plans, and that the fall of man wns accom-
plished through the disobedience of the woman.
Although not directly asserted, yet it appears from
the context, that on this account the Lord said to her,
•< I will gready multiply thy sorrow and thy concep-
tion ; in sorrow thou shall bring forth children ; and
thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule
ot*r ihte.'' — Gen. iii. 16-
However independent of Adam, Eve may be sup-
posed to have been before the fall, after that event
the Lord placed her in a secondary position, tosliare
responsibility with, but at the same time under tlie
direction of, her husband.
This placed the man at tho head, and left no one
betwen him and his Creator, to whom he was ac-
countable for the use he made of his authority.
Power and authority are invariable accompanied
with responsibility, proportioned to their magnitude
and extent. This responsibility wns so great upon
Adam and Fve, that by breaking through one re-
striction, they introduced the seeds of mortality in
themselves, and implanted the principle of dissolu-
tion in all that beautiful creation over which they
had hcen set to rule. From that time death has had
power to destroy, and will continue to have until
brought into subjection to the principle of life. We
have not learned that the Lord has yet deprived men
of that authority with which He originally invest-
ed them, or released them from any of its obliga-
tions.
. If, through men, the earth and all things thereon
have degenerated, then through their agency must
all things be restored to their primitive purity and
excellence, death be overcome, and eternal life again
pervade all things.
These things open our uiiuds to the practical ap-
plication of the principle, that mankind are not only
responsible for their individual acts, so far a« they
directly affect themselves, but also for the state or
condition of whatever comes within their Supervision
or influence.
Having shown, to a very limited extent, the great
responsibilities which rest upon men, I will endeav-
or to make plain to the understanding a few things
' which are necessary for them to do in order to ful-
fil those obligations in righteousness.
The spirit of man was, in the beginning, and still
remains, a
Lord has opened up the way, shown us the road to
ixRval in. and gives His Holy Spirit to all who will
prepare themselves to receive it and obey its influ-
ences, that their rnindsmay be enlightened and their
understandings quickened, that they may not go as-
tray. If we revert back to the early ages of the
world, and consider the perfection and purity of the
bodies of Adam, Enoch, Methuselah, and others who
lived upon the earth for several centuries in vigor
and strength, and then reflect upon ourselves — the
weak and effeminate creatures of a few days, or years
at the most, we can form some little conception of
how low mankind has fallen. There was nothing
miraculous or supernatural in those ancient worthies
living hundreds of years. They lived because the
principles of life were so strong that the elements had
not power to overcome them. In those early ages,
men had not become such adepts as have later gen-
erations in perverting the blessings of the Almighty,
and turning them to evil. Mankind soon conceived
u great variety of evil desires in their hearts, and
proportion to
ih to dwell iu.
J The Lord ia decidedly a being who will assist
those who help themselves. He has brought us into
this probation, with the power of choosing what we
will serve. All nature, in its various spheres, has
been created under fixed laws for its government ;
and through obedience to these, each part exercises
its proper influence over those which surround it
But in addition to. this, the Lord bus bestowed upon
man the power of free agency, to obey or disobey
these laws, and thereby to choose life or death.
j There is a principle which pervades all the various
orders of creation, powerful in its effects, yet so com-
mon in its operations, that jt has as yet received but
little attention. This is that power whioh one or-
ganization possesses over another, usually called in-
fluence. We live, and move, and are moved upon,
by its operations. This principle, like everytliing
dlse pertaining lo man, is capable pi being used by
rtight be answered, “ even in our day ; ’* for since
the efforts that are now rooking for the improvement
J id settlement of the Jews in Palestine commenced, ,j
e rains have fallen more than they have fori many r *r
M1 age before. No question is more often asked ie^ .
spotting this land, than It What can be done to re* ,
claim it from its barrenness?” I know not that a
better answer can be given than this — Cultivate it,
mid trust the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob for
the “ former and laltec rains."n r [ Jewish Chronicle.
j - Within ten years those hitter rains, as a matter of tart,
Have again appeared ' Tiin party who hove gone from
America to conduct an agricultural enterprise in PnlesV
Hno, team from the Inhabitants that they have lately hod
showers in April, after the close of the usual rainy sea-
son, which phenomenon has not been witnessed by their
i ncnalore for generations back. This party also bear ;
witness to the same fact. ITtfolng been there two or thres
Reasons, they have witnessed the fall Of copious showers
Ih April snA May. *• “ 1! u> U ivi.eox*
zptious aiid laws of progression, is in
of the celestial sphere where God the Father dwells.
Wo find in this stale of existence that men hove to
acquire knoivledgeby the slow process of experience,
apd that whatever they attain to that is great and
good, has to be acquired by individual exertion and
obedience to the known laws of nature. < We appear
tp be iucapabie of progressing any fester than these
foeans will admit of. When vie are resurrected, if
that resurrection is with the juBt, the circumstances
which will then surround us will, no doubt, be far
S perior to anything we can now conceive of. We
ay safely conclude, then, that the attainment of all
knowledge, and the possession of eternal kingdoms
find crowns, are only to be acquired by what now
appears to us, a long course of obedience to the laws
lif nroirression. We read in Rom. vi. 16, “ Know
periect organization in and of itself. ; It; ye not, that to whom ye ;
possesses the powers necessary for progression in obey, his servants ye ar«
die scale of intelligent organizations. It was organ- qf sin unto death, or c
ized from the elements of n celestial world,, and is guess.” From this pass
the living, acting principle of man. The tabernacle subjects of anything \
ot flesh is a portion of grosser material, organized Cur actions, whether il l
from the inferior elements of this terrestrial world, mesmeric Operator, the
and is indebted to the life-giving power of the spirit avarice, ambition and ]
for its superiority over the grosser matter with which virtues which exalt the
it is surrounded. The body is given to the spirit as fid, the body vigorous, ai
a starting point from which to increase in dominion, Ghost to dwell in. Wl
and the power of propagating eternal lives. Here- within us, it creates a
in, then, is the foundation of all our glorious hopes about us, and fits us t<
for the future, in improving and perfecting the body, elements of celestial life,
that it and the spirit may become perfectly united, We read in Doctrir
blended together in all their, operations, and fiued that “the works, and tin
for an eternal union in the worlds to come. This is of God cannot be frustn
the starting of that great principle of union, which' is to naught, for God dot!
to bind together all things on eanh and in heaven, neither doth he turn to ti
We must first be one within ourselves, before we neither doth be vary •&
shall have power to become one in each other, and therefore his paths are si
as he is one in the Father, eternal round." From
A letter from an intelligent and highly respectable
Jhmericau, sojourning in France, to the National In-
telligencer, after stating what he considers the pres-v.
hat aspects of the war, says :
j “ It is, I fear, but thq prelude to a general war
over all Europe, which' will convulse tlie civilized
j vor ld • destroy thrones,' create new kingdoms, illu-
sory and momentary republics, vandalism, taxes, (ri-
per money, loans, general distress andjruin, and hc*--
jrible carnage.”
; The careful readers df prophecy have long locked
for such convulsions in this age of the world’s history.
The fact that they come in fulfilment of prophecy,
proves that “ the Lord God Omnipotent "reigneffl,**
And that terrible as these things are in themselves,
they are the necessary precureers of a brighter day.
:when pure Christianity shall bless all nations.
years, but just as long as life may be desirable, and
then the transit be easy from a mortal state to immor-
tality and eternal life. Then the visions of eternity
finally one in Christ,
• unto the perfecting of our salvation. From this it is
evident, that our first duty is to subdue that evil
which the Apostle Paul said was ever present with
him, and acquire perfect control ever the body, and
to reign, is trampled under fool . life lias lost its bliss
to me. Mnt more mum.
Remember me in love to brothers Atulrwh, Taylor,
Felt, ft-. Clinton, Spencer, and all and every servant
and friend ofj the people of God. And may the
jaoa<»^Jtksuigj) if ,1k Irfttd
you, and may success crown your every effort to
bring miiveroal peace and righteousness upon the
fioient to last till spring, so great is the demand.
In consequence of the United antes troops in the
city and Territory, and California emigrants that are
wintering there, drunkenness was found to be ou the
increase, in consequence of which the City Council
t^jnporal^sbr yourself, jjrives .and
children, $1! byloitg to hint. a#tjl he lias only placed
you as a steward over the same, and in his own due
time he will call upon you for an account of your
stewardship. Then before that time comes, do your
Tfie arfryle Conjpined igpour cbj^Sms. |§ Tnimc
t). Augel, architect, will give our peluleirs n pifeuy
full descriptiou of the temple of the Lord, uow being
ei'ected in the tops of the mountains. We advise
you to pay your tithing and help to build it, that
S A If Li R ii A V , JAN
and xeuulmg
He also states that President
ue\ up? 0 it, and. rpcpivfedre ]
It Yntisf be cheeriffgto did Si
every morntng jutd evening,, yotir tampy tp prayer.,
and before Von partake w 'fob 'food' to> iuCtaui lifo. l
ask the Lord to bless it, that it may do you good, for
(ho Lord most assuredly requires you toefe this, in
Order tlfu fbqf may show jtqur n»sppd|tj> him befoijb
your family, that your family may take pattern by it
anJ fespeti'yoe T buf on Bie"otli'er TiaraT THrotTre?
ho necessity in those things, bur aav you will pray
when it suits yon, you will ask a blessing on the
food you eat When it suits you, you will assemble
With the saints when it suits you, you will obey the
servants of the Lord that are set over you when il
suits you, depend upon it you are setting a bad ex-
ample before your children, and when they grow up
they will do the same things, unless they fnH into
the hands of those who Will teach them the Ways of
the Lord but inasmuch as you will do the things
that the servants of the Lord require' you to do. no
matter hefw simple they may appear to be to you,
the Lord will pour out his blessings upon you that
will cause your hearts to rejoice. On the other
hand, if you reject the council and will of those men
that have been sent to preside over you in this stake
of Zion, you will find that you are walking in the
broad road that lendeth to distraction, instead of be-
ing saved m tire kingdom of God.
Then, Brethren and Sisters, our desires and pray-
ers for you are that you contend for that faith which
was delivered to foe saints, nnd do everything that
shall be required of you, in order that you may ob-
tain eternal lives in the kingdom of God. Even so.
Amen.
Written in behalf of the High Council.
MILO ANDRUS, Pres’t
J. S. Caxtwell, Cl’k.
Young has commanded all foe Presidents, from the
first quorum to the last and least, to purify foem-
. selves, and purge their .Quorums of all evil doers,
foul if pure qieople may .remain, that will do the will
of the Lord in all tilings.
~ Anofoeir ^ extracf"froin^ EHfer ’ Jobeph Cain; says
that there has been a new route discovered to Carson
valley, saving 400 miles ; it goes west from Toole,
and south of Marys river. He also says that broth-
ers C. B. Huntington and S. A. Kinrie, who had
just returned on the route, say there is plenty of
grass and water every day, and a first rate road.
This confirms the statement made by brother Ed-
wards. I would also add that letters from my family
bring the joyful tidings that all is weH in Utah, so
far as foe Saints are concerned-.
Dear brethren and sisters, I hope you’ll strive to
lay hold of the spirit of reformation, and purify your-
selves that you may meet your brethren and sisters
ere long in the valleys of the mountains, and be pre-
pared to partake of the greater blessings of the Lord
taught by his servants.
1 am. as everT your servant for Christ’s sake and
the Gospel’S. MILO ANDRUS.
news of the condition and prospects of the Saints in
Nejlr Orleans. James MegnVr.
Ale. anil Tcnii-j H. W., Church.
Hnmson counw, Taj^rva, WUIUuri MnttiuJnle.
Milan county, Texas,' S. M. -Blair.
Praaton Thomas. Traveling Agent for the South
Your v deyotqd friend and brother in foe new
«. I l J'JyW i ; .1 imif !ri.a.i
Vufo, v A different scene is presented, by our corres-
poudente; to the scenes enacted m other, fcitiaa, ter-
ritories and countries. While turmoil, distress, pov-
nant, / _I;j S. M. BLAIR. )
The fullauung Unea,.\v«ni gj.vea 19 ^ster JEast, by
the Spirit :
.OU Father of'tihe power divine, ; J.> j
1 'Thnt fteoda ui in tSte‘ truth to shine,' • '
May we proclaim to all the earth
i i; The (father of our noble birth ; ,
That when wo do obedience yield,
Tho pHoly Spirit is revealed ; ,
And. when we know and do Thy will,
Thy promises are then fulfilled.
. 9# v .-"TT: | x V J Jti»
VARIETIES FROM JOURNAL.
It is said that the devil is a great liot; if so, he
1ms many profouml students. u
Wisdom is purchased through experience.
Few men arc acquainted with the law; how much
less with the tcuv of salvation.
Editors of journals should never suffer pro to enter
their columns, except they grant eon foe privilege of
closing: or, visa versa.
Drum shops are on'the wane in Texas; junk but*
SnTacfuTtery ,’rev
Springfield, 6., \. R. Wright-
Pittsburgh, Pn., B. F. Winchester.
Georgetown, AL Bartow.
Keokuk, Iowa, Charles Clark.
Philadelphia, kamuet Harrison, 5W Poplar, at
New York, John Taylor.
Helena, Ark., Alfred Gay.
Pecan Point. Ark,.' L. J. DeLopatr.
Bluff City. Iowa, Win. H. Folson, and L. O. Llttlefie
Maquakcta. Iowa, J. Dalrymplc.
Gmvois, Mo., Charles Maxwell.
Fairfield, Ind., John Wickel.
Aiquinn. Ind., Stephen Golding.
Alton, III., Henry J. Hudson.
Ccntrcville, 111., James Kinney.
Lowell, Mass., Ellskim 8. Davis.
General Agent for Massachusetts, N. H. Felt.
San Josej Cad-, J. M. Homer.
San Bamldfno, Cal., C. C. Rich.
General Agent for Utah, Hon. Z. Snow.
Cqdar City', Utah, Hon. I. C. Haight.
Traveling Elders generally will please act as sgents.
A. L.' Siler, Traveling Agent through foe Wost.
ertv, rowdyism, murders, nrsoi
and bloody wars, are weakening, perplexing, 'and
desolating almost every other people and country, the
Saints in Utah are enjoying universal peace and
All nature us smiling around them ; her
prosperity
blessings are profusely lavished upon them — foe '
blessings of foe ancient mountains and the lasting
hills — foe blessings of ’the breasts and of the womb —
the blessings of foe rich valleys and the fruitful
plains — and sibove all, the blessings of foe holy
priesthood, which foe Lord hath restored, by which
these blessings shall be sealed upon foe heads of foe
righteous, and' their seed for ever and ever. And
there is nothing to hurt or destroy in all the holy
mountain. Savage and ferocious beasts have occa-
sionally appeared among them, but tho intrepid
mountaineers have caught them, destroyed their
fangs, and sent them growling to their dens. So
bold and resolute are these men, that it is said, if
their leader should but crook his finger, their at'iag-
onists would never leave with a whole skin.
The articles in our columns concerning the feel-
ings and movements of the Jew's, and the blessings
of the Lord upon their land, trill be read with inte-
rest and pleasure by all lovers of truth who may read
them ; showing, as they do, that the Lord our God
is working in the hearts of that people, leading them
to gather themselves together upon their own lands,
in this generation, that the prophecies of the prophet
Joseph may be fulfilled concerning them.
3uMtions Anawerod — Tithing and Bmigration.
We have questions asked frequently by letter
from Elders, and others, at a distance. And which
to save having to answer them many times over, we
will answer in the Luminary, believing that they
will be beneficial to the saints generally who axe
scattered abroad.
Question. -Is it the duty of the saints, scattered
throughout the United Suites and British Provinces,
to pay tithing before they go to Spit Lake? Ans.
Yes ; and if they are not willing to do it, they are not
worthy to go there and receive an inheritance nmong
the saints. To whom shall they pay it ? Aus. To
Elder Taylor m New York? Elder O. Spencer in
Cincinnati, and myself in St. Louis. Wlmt shall
they do who have barely enough to enable them lo
emigrate ? Come up hither and 1 will tell them.
Iif il the counsel of the church for those who are un-
able to go direct tot Utah lo gather into the region of
St. Louis and Cincinnati. Aus. Yes, unless they
lies are in demnnd.
/T\ LETTER FROM BR. TYLER
Elder Oscar Tyler write* from Texas, as follows:,
Dear Br. Snow :— -Although 1 have not a per-
sonal acquaintance with you, yet I feel it my duty to
write to you. I was sent to Texas by last April
conference. My kin-folk are all living here, among
whom ! was raised. , , . ,
If, you never saw a raw or green hand at the
work, you might see one in me, for I feel that I am
one ; but the Lord blesses my work until I am almost
astonished at myself. I have baptised seven of tny
kindred, and some more of them are believing.
Some who were very friendly with me before 1 bap-
tised any, have now turned their back upon. me. I
have been preaching around in other places with
more or less success. ■ .
Texas is a very wicked place ; but there are as
good people scattered about m this country us any-
where else ; and it is iny desire to be an instru-
ment in the hand of the Lord in finding them, aud
convincing them of foe truth of foe Gospel of Christ.
Brother Blair is doing a great work liere, in which
I rejoice,
I find I am not in the quiet volleys of the moun-
tains ; tlm powers of darkness prevail here to a great
extent, and sometimes are ready to lay hold qf me
any how; but the Lord has blessed me so far, and I
rlAitU not U<* lao vriil duToO U» QU« 4JUll If I UIH lUUUlUl.
I see the blessiug pronounced upon my head by
tiie servants of foe Lord in Salt Lake City, have
been literally fulfilled.
Yours in the Gospel of Christ,
. . OSCAR TYLER,
DIALOGUE.
Elder. — Good evening, rif. '*
Landlobdt-How are you?
E. — I pm a traveling Elder in foe Church of Jesus
Christ of Lutler-duy Saints, pncl travel and preach
the Gospel without purse ami scrip. Cun I stop
with you to-night ?
L.— Yes, I reckon so. Come in aud take a chaff.
Well, people have a pretty mess of things in Sail
Lake, hpvei^t .they ?
E— Why?
L. — Don’t men have all the wives they want?
By the by, how many has Brigham Young?
E.tt-I don't kuow. I never had the impertinence
St. Loins, Mo., Jan. Slh, 1865.
Dear Br. Snow: — I resume my pen to commu-
nicate through the columns of the Luminary a few
things that I trust will be of benefit to your readers.
Since u.y last, 1 went, in company with many of the
St. Louis Saints, on the 1st of this mcnlh, to a New
Year party, held in Gmvois branch
LITERARY NOTICE.
aduTK TRO-M LIVERPOOL TO salt lake vault.
We have before us several copies of a first class
work edited by James Linforfo, illustrated by a series
of splendid steel engravings and woed cuts, from
sketches made on the spot aud from life, in 1863,
exclusively for this work, by Frederick Piercy. It
contains a complete description of the route from
Liverpool to Salt Lake Valley. It is to be comple-
ted in 14 monthly parts, at 24 cents each. We can-
not speak Uio highly of tlie character and excellence
of this production, which we consider fin ahead of
any work ever published on foe subject. We re-
commend onr readers to subscribe for it, and judge
for themselves;
L. — Well, (tow many liave you?
E. — Allow me to ask you a question,
have a plurality of wives in this country ?
W—Na, we don't,
We arrived
about 12 o’clock, and enjoyed ourselves, in Company
with foe Saints at Gravois, with a walk in the woods.
It was a delightful day — the weather as warm as
spring. The hills wore dressed with a mantle of
green grass; the scene was calculated to move die'
heart of man with a degree of the inspiration ol
heaven. The groups of merry boys and girls showed
dint they were enjoying a happy new yenr. At half
past five p. m., the meeting room was filled with a
goodly company of Saints, whose cheerful faces
plainly bespoke that they had come with the full in-
tention of enjoying themselves. We sat «® w
fine old English tea; after the' 'tables had bben re-
plenished foroo union, and all satisfied, the tables
were cleared away, the meeting called to order, and
prayer offered up in llmnks for past blessings ; then
followed speaking and singing, which lasted until
half past ten, when the company were dismissed.
All repaired to their homes in peace, having enjoyed
one of the best new year days that they had ever en-
joyed in this country. The spirit of friendship seems
to be on the increase. I pray the Lord to bless the
Saints in Gravois. While numbers there feel to
thank the Lord for the prospect which I think is
dawning among them, there is more interest mani-
fested in the sacred principles of the Gospel there,
titan heretofore.
J now wish to turn your attention to this city, and
our prospects here since my last communication, De-
cember 20. Ou foe second of January, the Elders
and other Quorums met in the basement of the
church. I attended ; and from hearing the testimo-
nies of their own feelings, and of the Saints, so far
as they had power to discover, all seemed to speak
highLy in favor of that reformation so nobly com-
menced in Utah, and working its way into every
mission throughout the world. It makes every offi-
cer who is posted in any position in any part of the
great harvest field, feel bold and determined to
thrust in his sickle, and reap and gather the vine of
the earth that is worthy of being gathered. I pray
the same all-inspiring spirit may he in every officer
and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints. There has been four added to this
the constitution of the United
Stutes won't allow it.
E. — (Seeing a Liuie mulatto, hoy jit foe yard)—
Come here, boy; what is your daddy’s narpe?
B. — I don’t; know- Maine says mistress won’t let
her toll me. , . „ ,
E. — My children all call me daddy.
L-tt-Do yqu lUfiau to say I’m foe father of that
d—d, little nmlutlo {
E.-r-Say yourself ; I said nothing abom it.
(Landlord in a rage.)
E.— Fret on old, coon nobody cares.
(Landlady and servant enters.)
L. — Say, old woman, 1 have a notion tq go lo Salt
Lake and gel. me another wife.
Landlady
you will nevOr have me again,
women !
j^mtn au>i> ai « axi jumx-Li v pm> npT — Ry letter
from Pres’t. Richards, shipping ugent at Liverpool,
dated Dec. 22, we learn the Clara Wheeler sailed
again on the 7th Dec., and all was well on the 10th,
when she parted with her Pilot 150- miles out.
The Hilofe, with a large company of saints, in-
clitding 210 P. E. Fund passengers, under the pres-
idence of Elder Richard Balintyne. cleared for New
Orleans on the 20th Dec.
Well, you can go if you like, but
Good-lor-nolhing
Yes, I suppose they have all tho wives
they want (here ; and if I hud them all tied up to a
tree, I would be one to pack brash and bum them
up; yes, that I would. ~
SBRVA«T-i-( Aside)— Round for old Missis ; any
ting good, bound she want it all hersei.
L.— Well, sir, the Mormons ore going to take foe
United States, are they ?
E. — Yea, sir.
L. — I always believed it — in fuel, I know'd it.
E. — Hold; don’t run off. It iqia long way to
Salt Lake ; and understand correctly, we purpose
taking foe whole world besides. tli
L. — Why, how you do talk
are there? ^
E. — I suppose there is a thousand in the field.
L.— That all? (His face brightening up.) That
all? Why, you couldn’t whip foe United States,
then! , . . ,
E.— OJ», ye*.
L. — How \
E.— We purpose preaching the Goepel to them,
and teaching; them foe will of God, and they will
turn Mormons ; and then we will have taken foe
government, or converted foe people ; end we shall
be then what we are- now — Christians of foe same
government. t „.
L.— Can you cast out a devil? -
E.-— Yea, if he is not too big. X can cast him out
sbul and body. ! ,
L. — Can you do a miracle ?
E. — I will try, if you please.
L. — Let’s Bee one.
E,— Cut off your finger, then lwill show you one.
L. — No, sir; 1 don't feel like it.
E. — Nor J, neither.
More anon- .i S. M. B.
AM > Por the I.umltury.
m LETTER FROM ELDER BI.AIR,
Elder Seth M. Blair writes from Port Sullivan,
Texas, dated Dec. 11th, 1864. We give the follow-
ing extracts:
Beloved Br. Snow — The friend of the God and
the sen-ant of foe people — I have this moment re-
ceived your interesting letter, which gave me much
joy, and caused me to be filled with renewed energy
and vigor ( if it is possible iu the work in which we
are respectively engaged).
1 have, since I last wrote you, Nov. 8fo, traveled
and preached, bore my testimony, and counselled
people continually in the way of truth and righteous-
ness, having traveled 400 miles, which labor will
augment my little company some eight or ten more,
I believe ; and among the number will be one, if not
three, of my brothers. My old friends have re-
ceived me kindly. A favorable impression is crea-
ted, I think, with all with whom ibbave met. I have
called upon some of the members of the Legislature,
my old friends, and gave them the right end of Mor-
monism, too ; they willingly exchanged it for foe one
they held.
I feel my labor and service has been a blessing,
so far, in this land, to many ; and the effect will be
felt in my own family, and among my own connec-
tions. The field of labor I have traveled an<j preached
over is from 50 to 200 miles, and that in every di-
rection around me. I have now an invitation to
but owing to a slight
casualty, she hod been detained, and hod not yet
left foe Mersey when the letter was written. Four
hundred and forty-six Scandinavian saints where
also on foe way from Copenhagen and hourly ex-
pected at Liverpool. i
We are indebted to Hon. John M. Bernhisel,
Delegate from Utah, for papers and public docu-
ments. We hove also seen his very able vindication
of the conduct of - Gov. Young and the people of
Utah from the foul slanders of the newspaper press,
which appears in the Washington papers of the 4th
iast., but which came to hand too late for this weeks
issue, but we trill give it to our readers next week.
How many of you
Since our last number was issued the Salt Lake
m-ril has come to hand, bringing news up to tbe
2d December Our space will not permit us, this
week, to give a full acconnt of the very interesting
news received, but we promise a brief summary of
the* leading items, which will be interesting to our
readers, both in this city and abroad.
>The' harvest has been plentiful and abundant
throughout the tiie Territory ; foe weather has been
remarkably fine; foe general health of inhabitants
excellent — very few cases of sickness known. The
markets are good. Cora and grain of all kinds are
in constant demand by California and our own emi-
grants, a* well os by the United States troops loca-
ted in Utah. . .
Tho Bowery is that progressing. Large and su-
perior dwelling houses are being built in all parts of
foe Territory. Forts and fortifications are progress-
ing rapidly in all foe settlements. Grist and saw
miffs are multiplying in every direction. City lialls,
eourtoit houses, music halls, seminaries, and other
pubEc buildings are already erected, or in course of
erection, beautifying foe cities of Utah.
Our Indian relations are good. The Indians
around Nephi, Manii, Fillmore, and other cities, are
said to be very friendly. . WtUker aud several of his
band passed tlirough Parapran early in Nov., and
appeared very friendly. A large number of his
tribe were tnet in Beaver valley ; they felt well, did
not keg, but wished to unde.
C?l. Steptoe and several of his company have vis-
ited ware of the southern cities. They were pleased
with , foe condition aud appearance of the different
selfoiments, remarking that they were never more
kintjly (received and courteously treated, nor did they
wish to be.
Ouql home manufactories are
All letters and communications for members of the
Alton Branch, St. Louis Stake, to be addressed to
the care of Henry J. Hudson, box 228, Alton, 111.
Deseret News and Millenial Star please copy.
and renew their covenant. I feel to bear testimony
that the word of the Lord is like a two-edgbd sword,
and when wielded by a skillful officer, cuts its way
and causes the hearts of those who feel disposed to
practice iniquity, to tremble and fear;
I have received several communications from va-
rious parts of Utah, by the mail of fop 16th. I se-
lect a few extracts that I know will be interesting to
the Saints.
Elder Esaiaa Edwards writes from Toole city.
He states that the commanding officer of the- United
States troops uow in the Territory, had forty square
miles surveyed of the best portion of Rush valley,
lying about ten miles south of foe city, where they
have all their horses uud mules stationed, in conse-
quence of which it makes n ready market for flour,
beef, oats, com, vegetables, butter, cheese, and eggs.
The prices are— flour, #6 per 100 lbs.; oats, *1.75
per bushel ; corn, *2 per bushel ; potatoes, 75 ceMs
per bushel ; butter 50 cents per pound ; cheese, 25
cents per pound. It is a ; xi reported that foe main
California road to Carson valley will go through foe
city, there having been a new route discovered south
of the desert, making the distance about 300 miles
less, with plenty of grass and water. He states
there never was sueh universal prosperity in that oity
since its first location.
The next extract is from Elder feaac Bowman,
dated 1 Nov. 30. He states that the weather was
very fine, health good, money plenty, and sill kinds
of business lively ; foe produce market good for foe
fanners— foe improvements in the city, in foe way of
building, during foe past year, without a parallel,
there having been about 800 good buildings put up
during foe past year. He says that notwithstanding
foe great quantities of goods taken to Utah by foe
various merchants and traders, there will not be suf-
ald Moboorat.) The people met in that neighbor-
hood and took a vote upon my preaching there, and
1 won the election. Mormonism is foe luckiest trump
t can hold.
f I have just returned here from Camp Jeddy, where
already some of the Saints have assembled, and
where we are wintering our stock.
The Saints here are rejoicing in health, and iu
foe gifts and blessings of the Spirit, aud are truly a
good people. We have agreed to take twenty-five
or thirty copies of the Luminary, and five copies. you
may send to my address in foe valley.
I design starting my company March 1st. I shall
leave them so soon os I get them on foe Military
Road, across the Arkansas river ; and design coming
immediately to your office, to make such arrange-
ments and purchases for them as they may want,
and meet them again at Fort Leavenworth. I feel
cheered by foemew^brofoer Taylor brings me from
home. I should like him to send me five copies of
foe Mormon to Salt Lake City.
Liegret to hew of the death of our friends, but am
happy to hear of foe progress of the work through
the world — of foe organisation of a stake at Sl Louis,
fiW-i .
I will write an article for the Luminary occasion-
ally, and will help to cool foe devil when they gel
him raised. I am good on a ground sweat ! My
feelings kindle and ignite like a Lucifer match whqn
troops and coercive measures jfre spoken of con-
cerning us. Have not people a right to self-govern-
ment in a republican government ? .Yes, The very
name conveys with it foe character of that freedom
demanded by the vox poputx. When freedom’s right
Beloved Brethren and Sisters, foe Lord requires
you to obey his commandments now, as much as he
did when you Paine into his kingdom ; you felt it a
duty then to how to his commands, and knew it was
right for you to do so, in order to obtain die bless-
ings you were then seeking for ; and the blessings
you then enjoyed came through obedience to the
commands of the Lord through his servants, and
every blessing that you ever will receive, must and
will come through the same channel. Then we
would ask you, do you yet enjoy these glorious
privileges? if you do not, whose fault is it, youre,
or the Lord’s ? We answer, the fault is on your
own side, for yonr Heavenly Father is a 3 ready to
give to you to day as he was when you first obeyed
the Gospel. You then held in high esteem his.
authorities upoh the earth, and have testified from
time to time, that you knew they were foe sen-ants
of the Lord, and when you said so, you felt foot foe
spirit of foe Lord bore witness lo tbe same.
Through this means, you showed your duty to God
by respecting and holding up by your prayers and
faith the Lord’s authority upon the earth. Is it not
as binding upon you now? We say it is* if you are
still in foe possession of the same spirit. Has hot
Grid', in and through has sod Jesus Christ, given you
foe means for you to obtain salvation? He has.
Then every troth you are in possession of, all the
good you can do, everything you enjoy— whether
1 -. I From foe Gitjr Preta.
LATER FROM EUROPE, i
ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC t,
* 1 >(, New York, January Hv
The Baltic arrived «i3 1-2 o’clock. Commodore
Perry came passenger^-, War news is unchanged.
The great event of foe week is Napoleon’s speech in
the Legislature. It is warlike iff wine, but makes
no mention of any prospect of peace, and was im-
mediately followed by a loan of 600,000,000 francs
being unanimously voted. An important meeting
of representatives of tlw five powers had been iield
at Vienna, but the resinf fraa not transpired.
Affairs before Sctmstf.pol were unchanged. The
Russians continue to nwBe sorties. The allies re-
ceived 18,000 reinforcemsttits.' Tbe weather is more
favorable. Nothing w & m the attitude pf Austria
or Prussia.
The British Jbreign enlistment bill become p law.
Parliament bad adjourned!!
The Liverpool markets were quiet.
The Baltic left Liverpool early on Saturdaymara-
ing, foe 30th tiff., and reaoheff her dock here af qpat-
ter past three *. m. She brings 82 passengers.
The Africa arrived oitgof noon, (lie 24fo. The
Sarah Sand si had put inu2?Cork with her sails dam-
increasing and im-
proving, and bid fair, ere long, to surpass those of
older Territories and States ; but our population is
increasing likewise; and notwithstanding the im-
mense ^quantity of merchandize sent across foe plains
from tffis city and elsewhere, the demand is still
greater than (he supply.
Education forms a prominent feature in the news.
The strongest plea for education is by the editor of
foe Deseret News — A. Carrington. He says, “ we
have tomfortable dwellings built, good forms opened,
plentjy of stock around, abundance of provisions, large
woodpiles, and a school-house in nearly every ward
in Ottr Territory, and have the best and mOst intelli-
gent set of children in all the earth.”
V
-f.
P.
ST1 LOUIS LUMINARY — SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1855
tliey came for, ami some of them liuve since been pul
in the cuugv (prison, solitary confinement ) house for
three months, etc. This was rite best sign I had
seen in India, and told brother Sankey so at the
lime ; I was pretty sure that there were sheep close
,'I have delivered oue lecture every Sabbath since
my arrival in Bankok; some eight or ten Europeans
generally attend. I am trying to lenm the native
language? ft will, no boubt, take me from one to
itvo years , the reverends say five; Mr. Silsbery,
now on> bis way back to Ohio, I think, has studied
the language seven, years, and can’t preach yet in
Siamese. I will keep diggiug rill you all say
enough, and then if you see fit to call me home, I shall
be Irttly m heaven, and happy m the extreme ; or if'
you say, “ Spend your days in Father India,” it
shall be even so; not my will, but my heavenly
Father's be done. ,
l tah is a land of peach ; India is nent, and the
smoke of her torment gets thicker and thicker. The
whole earth is defiled with broken covenants, and
men and womeu are full of abominations. <?. w*
ry place in that. county, to ]
which has a good result ih
brightening the minds of tl
’tjhe luirvest has generti
The railway expedition froth England wnsulready
on the way, in seven steamers and two sailing ships,
with all the material for building a railway Irom
BalaklaVa to Sebastopol. The wretched state of the
couwtry, from heavy rains, had almost put a stop to
operations. Commomcatkm between Bidet and
Single ropot was completely impassable, and a week
had elapsed since a courier had arrived at Odessa
froth; Sebastopol ; yet at .last accounts the weather
had' improved, with heavy frost. _
Both armies were renewing their activity.
Fruffc.v and England have notified the Swedish gov-
enifteuft that all the Russian harbors in the White
Sea ore to be stopped.
A "Russian ukase has been published, saying, that
whoever, after bailie, shall commit acts of cruelly on
the wounded or uuresisung, shall suffer the penalty
of death.
Ijhe luirvest has genersttty been plentiful, and a
greAt portion of the grain is now in the bin* ; the
weather has been remarka^fy fine for making prep-
arations for the winter. jp,.; V
The progress in walling in the towns has been
slot*, owing to the amount Jtf time required in the
fall to secure die crops, muffin seme places-, from a
want of energy. r.
Seven hundred and fife? bushels of wheat had
betai paid in the Provo Titfe ng Office, and was be-
ing forwarded to the city by the bishop. Many were
vnfung up on tfie subject t£ tithing, and making ef-
forts to settle their arrearages. In the smaller towns
a much greater observance of the law of tithing was
manifest, os can easily be seen by comparing the
town of Provo with Palmyra, which contains about
sixty-five families. A Titlting Store-house is being
built at Palmyra, also at Li3ce City, and Lehr, most-
ly For tire preservation of vegetables.
A Council Room is bcinr- finished by private sub-
scription, in the upper partpf the Tithing House, at
Lake City. A number of^ood dwelling bouses ore
going up at Lelii and the <a)ier towns igXltah coun-
E MIGRATION TO PALESTINE. A
W I^btembUho, Oct. ,26.
e are informed of a cc^templated emigration in
mass to Palestine, the footer “land of promises”
1’jie plan has already been ro far matured, that it has
bden resolved to petition t% German Diet for its ta-
tefeesaion with the Sublime, Porte to grout a tract of
land for die above purpose; The origin of dtis idea
of; the great exodus, is the peculiar view of the pres-
ent social relations generally, and of religious life
especially. Both are considered to havo fallen into
decay to that extent, that i$i8 the duty and require-
ment of every oue, to whop; the will of God and his
own true salvation are yet deur, to disengage him-
self betimes Irom this deg merating position. This
the masses can accomplish only by turning their
back to die Babel, ana gathering together in the
Holy Land ; the**, unaffected by corrupt influences,
to form a state in, which th# Will of God, as die high-
est law, shall be recognized in its full power, and
arrive at die desilred consummation. As far as we
con leant, the petition to 1ft laid before the Diet has
already received the signatures of 300 families.
This intelligence is the tu-ire remarkable, since the
families thus resolved to leave their fatherland for
Palestine, are not of the Jewish, but. of the Christian
faith. — ,[ Jewish Chromt-liSs Nov. 1(),
A letter from Stutigaiw ( Wurteinburg) of Nov.
18 -W , , ■ f ' ,’- V
“ It may be remembered, dial a very numerous
society was formed here %|tne time since of persons
who, from purely religion^ motives, propose to emi-
grate to Palestine. Tins ^society denominated itself
‘ The Society for the gathering together of God’s
People ip die Holy Land.’ It has just presented a
petition to the Germanic Diet to the following effect:
The Society prays the Diet to ask the great German
States to address a demand to Sultan Abdul Medjid,
requiring, first, a grant of land in Palestine, upon
which the society may found a colony ; second, that
the society may lu^ve the right to administer the civil
and religious a flairs of tltis colony according to their
oWfi ideas, that is, conformably to the word of God ;
third, that the persons and property of the colonists
may be protected against any arbitrary proceedings
on the part of the Ottoman authorities, and against
all oppressive taxps ; fourth, thut die colonists may
be exempted from military service ; and fifth, that all
DIED,
In this etty, on the 5th inat., of fever, after an illness
of 14 tlasm, Ma*y, wife of Thomas Barrett, late of Not-
inighsm- England, aged 33 years.
She diW a« idle had In fd, in the full enjoyment of the
blrssingii of the Gospel, and looked forward with joy to a
glorious resurrection to life and immortality. When
asked hy'her companion if she feared to die, she replied,
•• No. d-M only going behind the veil, slid T shall soon
meet yctf again, so grieve not for me.
but we tan urdnin some of them, and they can do
their own preaching, if their officers will allow it. I
expect I shall leave for the States about September
i to uapuse her. llus was ui answer tv my prayer,
and ulso hers, as she told me afterwards that site
asked for it after she retired, which I did also. Af-
ter she hod told me her desire; 1 went to look for the
tank suitable for the purpose. Alter mV return, 1
was walking in the verandah, and 1 felt as if all was
not right some wuy ; what it wus I could not tell, but'
I thought iliut perhaps she would gel out of the no-
tion of being baptised, as some have done In this
country after saying tliey were ready. But in a few
minutes the mystery was solved. Sister Sankey
came out and said, “ Mary is very sick, (you will
remember that a few minutes before she was us well
as ever,) and wants you to administer to her.” I
went in immediately, and anointed her with oil in
the name of ■* Lord Jesus Christ, and laid bauds
on her; and ^,uuks be to the God of Israel, before
We took our hands oil her head, for brother Suukey
laid his hand on also, the pain bud entirely left lief,
and mostly before I got through with unointiug. It
was a very severe attack, similar to the cholera, but
she was healed by the power of God, and was bap-
tised, not the same hour, as 1 had to preach to a few
afterwords.
Also, (luring tny stay nere, I anointed a nutive
Htinlou woman, who had been afflicted with pains
lor four years. She was sister Huddeus Jah, (wait-
ing maid, ) and lives at Burdwau also, and the paino
Or October.
'j r TRIP TO XTTjSB COUNTY.
G. S. L. City , Nov. 23, 1854.
Mr. Editor:— I left this city on Saturday, 11th
instant, the day being cold and uncomfortable. I
arrived at Lehi City much chilled ; visited the wall
and Tithing House, which are slowly progressing.
On Sunday at 10 o’clock I preached one hour and
tliree quarters; iheii proceeded to Pleasant Grove
and preached in the evening. On Monday I went
to Provo, and found my family in good health, and
very busy with grandmother’s piano, weaving flannel
for the neighbors ; preached on Tuesday evening in
llie Seminary.
On Wednesday I went lb Payson, visiting on my
route, the Fort Saint Luke, at the mouth of Spanish
Fork Kanyon, where there are sixteen houses in die
course of erection, enclosing a square of about one
hundred by one hundred and twenty feet, generally
with a story unda half building ; it is a good com-
mencement, and will do honor to the energy of the
builders ; it will be necessary, however, for them to
enclose around their fort, about fifteen or twenty
acres, with a wall eight feet thick and fifteen feet
^ SIAM.
The following is on extract of a letter from Elder
Elans" Luddmgton to Elder George B. Wallace,
dated Baukok, Kingdom of Siam, June 1. 1854.
I atn situated in un insalubrious clime, among a
few friends, and surrounded by many foes, who seek
to contaminate and overliirow every righteous prin-
ciple, and imitate the natives in nudity, debauchery,
ebnoiy, &c.
Siani has been grossl yinisrepresented by Ameri-
can missionaries. The Rev. Mr. Smith offered one
hundred ticknUs if the Europeans would not write
the particuUurs to Singapore concerning Captain
►Trail, who has betfh six weeks in durance for firing
a salute ifi the roads of Singapore, on board of the
king's ship.
1 baptized Captain Trail and wife the first Sunday
1 landed, and confirmed them at the same time. I
thru'e have visited Inin in prison, and gave him
some books. He will remain in prison till we can
get a letter from Singapore.
1 strived here on the first day of your annual con-
ference, or the 6th day of Apnl, a stranger and
alone in an uncivilized country. The first king called
the goverttor to an account lor allowing a vessel to
(Hiss Paokingham before lie got word, and was
tiugged severely. His subjects erawl on all fours,
and sometimes on the belly like a serpent, when
they ‘approach the king. All Siamese subjects
hai eflo work for the king seventy days and upwards
each fXear.
If?4 man gets into debt, and cannot pay, be is
throw?! into prison, loaded with irons, and then put
to tint! torture, their hands put into machines or blocks
ot w;jod, and pinched till the bones crack, in order
io draw out a few tickalls, when it is like drawing
Mood xiut ot a pineapple They then become slaves
and seldom gel their liberty. The king never feeds
liis slaves or prisoners ; they have to beg or seal —
but generally prefer the latter — or cut grass for the
elephants, which now number fifty at the palace. 1
visited ilium a few days ago; they ura known by the
toimiijiisioii they hold ; tliey have from oue to five
gold rings on their tusks. The white elephant is al-
lowed to eat from a gold table, and always salams
the king. This great auimal is proud of Iris office.
The natives believe that their former king has trans-
migrated into the white elephant. These animals
kill a great many of their keepers every year; the
king says it is their bad luck or misfortune.
The king lias got this place well fortified from the
mouth of- the river, or Packingliam, a distance of
forty miles. Siam is a large kingdom, with parts of
some utlnfr different kingdoms that have lieen added,
and different tribes token and brought here as slaves.
Part of Malacca was taken and nearly 1,000 slaves,
men, women and children, for refusing to send
yearly presents, us was said, but I was informed
atterwards the presents were sent, but one of their
oabotjB look these gifts to himself, and being found
are encouraged to labor, but the apathy of the people;
and their scattered condition, -together with the great
opposition manifested by the priests, term much u>
embarrass our movements, and to retard the progress
of the work.
Still the Lord has blessed us and our labors, and
we feel assured that he will continue to do so.
We received a letter from Elder William Hyde,
on the 14th ins*., dated San Pedro, June 13, giving
an account of the passage of the Julia Ann, and the
safe arrival of the company of Saints who left here
on March the 22nd.
The desire to leave the coufiues of Babylon per-
vades the mass of the Saints here, and they are
striving with all their power to gather, so that it is
expected that another company wifi leave here about
April or May next.
May God, the eternal Father, bless you, and pros-
per His work in your hands, is the earnest desire of
your brother in the Gospel.
AUGUSTUS FARNHAM.
high, to secure their slock, as they are located so
near the mouth of llie kanyon, they will ibe likely to
be troubled with marauding parties of horse and cat-
tle thieves, who could easily retreat up the kanyon
out of the reach of pursuit ; but from the well known
energy of the builders of this fort, it is not at all
likely that the outer wall will be neglected but u very
short time, it being a light job compared wrth the
advantages resulting therefrom. Arrived at Payson
in the evening, and preached in the school house.
Thursday evening I returned to Palmyra, preached
there at 2 o'clock, and again in the evening ; some
of tlte brethren there, iliinkiug that my family might
need some bread, donated and sent to the Provo Ti-
thing Office for my benefit, thirty-three bushels of
wheat, and sixteen bushels of potatoes. The bishop
of Palmyra had on hand in the Tithing Office, seven
hundred and forty bushels of wheat, and a great deal
had not been paid in, because llie bishop had not suf-
ficient storage to receive all, as yet. On Friday I
visited the fort built for the defence of Jacob Houtz’s
grist mill on Spring Creek j it is quite a beginning,
but would be betlpr if it was increased in thickness
and height. In the evening I listened to interesting
discourses from Elders Aaron Farr and John L.
Smith, in the Provo Seminary, on tithing.
Saturday, visited the Provo City wall ; the Music
Hall, a new building fifty-eight by twenty-four feet,
built by Messrs. Goddard, Pace & Co., to accommo-
date cotillion parties is enclosed, ami will be com-
pleted in a few weeks. Several of the brethren are
engaged in enclosing Bell’s Hall, for a meeting
the colonists may have equal rights, whether they
may have been formerly Catholics, Protestant, Jews,
Turks, or of any other religion . Daily News. T
CRIME IN ST. LOOTS.
The acquittal of Mrs. Baker and of Jackson, bdtft a0
charged with murder, ih still fresh in the minds dP'T
our citizens. In the latter case, especially, as far as dr
we hnve heard an expression, the acquittal is uni-
versally condemned by our citizens. Crime in our
city is Incoming more and more rampant, for the
reason that it is nol punished. Our people should
woke up and see the wounds that are being inflicted "
on society, the disgrace that is brought on the Ameri-
can name, and the reproach that is cast on the pryt- ,
ciple of self government, by such unequal adminis-
tration of the law as is frequently witnessed among
us. If an old man, half blind, should be detected
in trying to pass a counterfeit bill, and : be sent to the
penitentiary for seven years, why should a man,
tried for murder of his wife uud child, on the same
day, be sent to the penitentiary for only Jive years?
If a man destitute of a shirt, steals one, and another ^
poor man steals an armful of shingles, and both are
sent to tlie penitentiary for two years, why are those i
found “not guilty’’ — though proven upon them and
they confess it — one of whom murders his friend),,,
and the oilier cuts open the head of a man with a
butchers cleaver? — [Missouri Cumberland Pres-
byterian. t •> . .:.! :o
CAPE TOWN MISSION
The following is an extract of a letter from Elder
Jesse Haven lb Elder Robert Campbell, City Re-
order, dated L. D. Saints’ Office, four miles from
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, July 10th, 1854:
My health for the last three months lias been
poorly, but now is considerably belter. It is now
the middle of winter, and generally rauty, and when
not raining it is very delightful. It is the season
lor raising vegetables, grain, &.c. The summers are
dry and hot, and grain, Ste., cannot then be raised,
except on low moist laud, that can be irrigated.
There is but little of either. I am speaking of tilings
as they exist in the vicinity of Cape Town. How it
is back in the country, I am not so well informed.
Grapes, in their season, are plenty, and very good,
and much wine is manufactured from them. W in-
ter is the seuson lor oranges, lemons, &c., and they
are generally very plentiful.
The air is as clear and pure as in Salt Lnke Vnl-
ley ; were it nol so, tltis would l>e a very unhealthy
place. On the moujfitains east of us we can see
snow about three mouths in the year ; but ltere there
is no snow, and : seldom any frost. The climate is
very weakening to the physical and mental powers,
and I don’t believe an European can stop here long
out, took poison.
The king here released the oilier ruler of Malac-
ca. but returned the trophies and slaves; they now
number five thousand. I think there are leu or fif-
teen thousand Burmese in thraldom.
I visited one of thpir festivals a few days ago. I
was cautioned to go armed, as they, are a set of wild
barbarians and outlaws; they would as soon tnke
your life as to look at you. 1 had a view of heathen
scenery, ji was pictureaqe — fire works, Burmese
dancing, masks, and Indian pointings, in true
Asiatic style.
l'h of the populace are Chinese,
skilled in all manner ot" hypocrisy, and there are
thousands ql tile sons ot Ishmuel, and of different
tribes and nations u! die antipodes of die earth.
Tliis country lies very low, and for the most part
is covered ^ ith fruit trees aud herbage ot various i
colors and hues. The fruit is luscious, but shut out,
as it were, from all llie rest of the world, in the dark
regions of Father India. A tnan must uot speak
alwye his breath, without the second thought. All
vessels coming here, if they have any diamonds
must stop at Packingham, or mouth of the river, for
the benefit of the king ; and the king takes all pub-
lic letters te hunsell", if be thinks proper, and reads
them, Tliere is one large field of paddy, leu or fif-
teen Rtiletf long, on the opposite side of the river.
Sugar cane is very productive, and large quantities
ure shipped. . Board is five dollars per ntondi ; break-
fast. 9 Ar m. , dinner, 5 p . st. Thermometer, 96° ;
N. lat. 13® 58’; E. long. 100® 64’. The weath-
er is sulif-y and hot. The wet season is about one-
fourth tha) of Burmoli. i
Bsiplrod: is a floating city • nearly all business is
done on the water. Boat lure is expensive — one
shilling af day, or one hour, all the same; four men
peddle die boat.
A lew evenings ago, whde I was reading in my
chapel, a, lickall fell at my feel. I never Teamed
where it came from, but there is a God in Israel
without materially feeling the effects of it. It seems
a little odd to be obLiged to look to the north for the
sun at noon, and to have our shortest days in June,
and longest in December.
A large pprtion of the inhabitants are licentious,
and great lovers of wine, which is a great hindrance
to the spread of the gospel. Bro. Walker is labor-
ing in Graham's Town and its vicinity, distant about
He bad baptized nine, two of whom
600 miles. |
have been disfellowsltipped.
Bro. Smith went to Port Elizabeth on the last of
Mareb, distant about 80 miles from Graham’s Town.
About 500 persons collected at the first public meet-
ing he held, aiaL broke it up by throwing brickbats
and potatoes." Tlie magistrate told the people, pub-
licly, if tliey again meddled with Elder Smith, he !
would puuisli them to the extent of the law. Since
then, Bro. Smith has preached to large congregations
without any disturbance, and he had baptized three.
Forty-eight have, been baptized in the vicinity of
Cape Town, six mf whom we have been obliged to
lop off as dead or diseased brandies. The gift of
healing is frequently manifested amongst us. 1 have
not been able yet to get a door open in Cape Town,
since the mob broke up our meetings nearly a year
ago. A man to meet with good success in preaching
in tliis country, ought (q be well acquainted with tlie
Dutch and English language: . The saints here are
very anxious to gather.
There is a c lui of people here railed “ Malays,”
who believe in the Muhomedun religion, They Are
generally durker than the -fljirenean Indians, and
been baptised lor the remission of all his past sins,
and has received the Holy Spirit ; so he lufs told me
since ; which aH will who will go forth with a con-
trite spirit and be baptised, and have hands laid on
them for the gift of the Holy Ghost.
All those who have been baptised are rejoicing in
the glorious Gospel qf our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. Tlie devil showed his teeth some when I
was up here before, and also at the first discourse
after I came up this time — men would get up and
try to stop me by commencing to talk, and tif i testi-
fied that Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were
prophets of the Most High God, which I always do,
and would like to ao so to all the world if I liad a
chance, they would tell me I was a lint, with all the
vest of the epithets common in the mouths of such
men, and would have their hands full of newspapers,
Spaulding’s works, etc,, to prove it, but I checked it
in the bud, by telling them I would not allow it, Io
they have quit coming to hear, as to disturb was all
ure peculiar about euftug meat. They w , ill uot eat,
nor even touch ' — ’ ’ r ‘ ’ * ‘ " ‘
meat they eat,
must be
killed by theix* Priests. The^y are ii Very civil and
quiet people. I (oevel,, to my knowledge, have re-
ceived any insult from them since I have been here.
But the good, holy, pious, devout, and reverend
Christians, have frequently insulted me as I have
passed the streets, anting out, “ Monnonite ! Jo
c* i nrTTTntV * V
/Mm V ATTf/M TTUrTlT k Tk T~ Cl 1 mi T III 1 1 V I A A; I ] \ V I < 1
ST. LUtyip LUDigjNirrft*iiM»M»*f fotffP'M’B
REMOVAL.
Sureotb and Frxui*!ln av*w*» : ,•; •••.■. ■ jt>. i.x-VJ • U. (ill:
■ i “> •' 1 a CARD. 1
rrrns Subscriber, thankful tot Uu> rbiy literal nitrous* e baatowad
I upon lom during the past jeer, wonld say to hi* patron* and the
public generally, that hit trill *ps« ho patoi lo render aathtfactltai fn
orery particular artteto purcliaacd at hi» eUablUtuiwuU Will) Incfwafd
facilities tot purchasing good*, and cotutnodlom .tore room*, do ate ena-
bled to compete With wrifBMM In ooriuto Id “‘•**4;
Dec. 1,1 Ihn ■ , n,;,; v ; _u;.u. BRA-SOUl Utgjttg,
arrive, the following article*, -tor sale tear toe caah t
The Field of Inkernuta after the Battle.
The correspondent of the London Herald, who
l|tv ensanguined field of Iukennan, aftdr
' Qn the two west coi ner town*, and on the west
endi a few feet beloujjtfo.’ top of ‘battlements, may be
seon ia bold or foto rijilipvo, the great dipper, or tlraa
Major, with the pomfem ranging nearly towards the
north star. ( Moral 4he lost may find themselves by
the priesthood.)!
Il will nor gl^ce^at ; the main body of the house.
1 hive before stated that the basement was i
into many roamk The center one is i _
baptismal font, and is fifty-seven feet long by thirty- 1
five feoi wide, separated from the ranm H
rooms, two on each^de, nineteen feet long by twelve
wide. On the eat* and weal sides of ihese rooms,
are four passages twelve teot wide ; these lead to
and from by otnside doors, two on the north and two
on the south, j Fuejher east and west from these pas-
sages are four mods rooms, two at each end, twenty-
eight feet wipe by thiity eight and a
These and their walls occupy tlie basement,
the walls start off (heir footings, and rise sixtee
tipper, or Lisa went over the ensanguined new oi imcenuau, «■«»
■|y towards the die buttle of the 5di November, gives the followifig
themselves by description of i» horrors: :i
^ I have said oCei and over again that it was a
■ ‘ sight which never Could be described. A consider-
, divided able number. sonfe eight huudred to one thousand
arranged for ai Russians, lulled and wounded, were li'ipg among
' j- our tents, and here also, were many, too many,
waH by four corpses of Zohavek and French infantry of the linei.
All our wounded liad been removed, and the wounded
of tlie enemy were lieing gathered in. The kind- |
it, ® ami attention ot our soldiers to their helpless
enemies was beyond all praise. They hroughlthem
water, got knapsacks to put under dieir heads, and
borrowed blankets in which to rover Them from the
half long, raw night air. Here and there small groups of them
All stood absorbed in pity round SWBfl prostrate toe, to
and whom their kindness came too late, and who, shot
either through the head or lungs, gasped out his ex-
SBB ACRES AND B*sua,
/•EM Mi* to the Lore!*, »«<“»*
Said God’s most holy word :
m» water hath fish. ««1 the lwul hath Arab,
, Add tlie air hath many a bird 5
And foe aoM i« teeming o'er all the earth.
And the earth haa numberless landa (
Fe* mtUtone of handa want acres.
While millions of seres want hands !
sought and brseiea, and gladsome flowers,
. Are over the earth spread wide,
Arwitae good God gave these gifts to men—
j “ft, "men who on earth abide;
thousands are tailing in poisonous gloom.
And shackled with iron band*.
While millions of hard hands want acre*.
* And millions of acre* want bands !
5 eker a foot hath the poor man here,
To plant with a grain of corn,
plat where hl» child may full
STORE ahd .0
ifiO bag* prime DRPBRffiBDiPi
&
mba* Rbol* Pepper; 6 ba«* Aliploifi , ,
• scales Nutinrgs; 3 belot Clove*;
*0bo*w pore gtxtxmd Spare? 46 do. CteUtettoMU
6 cwk* dried (Currant, ; SO boxre Citron I
10 Myor’» Ibbacco j 46 barrels laWtoraH Atmooa*
6 caret* GiltoPa SMdtnw, t-4e »f*i IritoJ
26 U*o* Bnkrris Cocoa aud ehocolat* ; „ „„
60 bote »u», luwsfc • nuiroiaiai
CHILD, PRATT A CO.,
! . IMPORTK1L4 AND WHOLKSALK DEALERS ■
IN FOftBIGN AND DfiM KSTIC'HARDW ARK ANDCBTLBRV,
NG, 147 MAIN STREET,
Third Door North ol the Bank of MUsenri.
4>T. LOLTlif.
Mo 8, Jj P T
~ j liauis ESPENSOHIED,
WAGON ; MANUFACTURER,
Corner of Broadway and l.abcnumc Stcort,
I Ol'l'clmt KWtRK MILLS.
NORTH ST. tiOVi*, MO.
And' never a _
Fresh flowers in the dewy morn.
Tb| soil lies fallow— the woods grow rank,
Yet idle the poor man stands I
0 millions of hands wan* acres/
And millions of acres want hands I
J Tto writ, that “ ye shall not muzzle the ox
That treadeth out the corn i ”
Yet, behold, ye shackle the poor man’s hands,
That have all earth’s burdens borne !
The land fs the gift of a bounteous God.
And to LAZOS Hi* word commands j a
Tut Millions of hands want acres,
. And millions of acres want hands I
•#ho hath ordained that the few should hoard
Their millions of useless gold,
And rob the earth of itafrulta and flowers,
While profitless soil they hold ?
Who hath ordained that a parchment scroll,
i Should fence round miles of landa.
When millions of hands waut acres,
l Aiid millions of acres want hands?
4 il
.. i^Tis • glaring li* on the face of day,
l This robbery of men’s righu ;
>Tis a tie that the word of the Lord disowns,
>T!b a curse that burus and blighu ;
And ’twill burn and blight till the people rise,
And swoar, while they break their bands.
That the hands shall heucofprth have acres.
And the acres henceforth have hands !
[Eog. Paper
I'LEAN’S VOLCANIC OIL LINIMENT U
. . v . . . te sllavlatn hnmn
WILL Mil all my *xock ot
ck*e vKit the retail lm»inetob m
1*1*1, town, sU my
the ibe oomer of Main um
■ caw out iuv - — — , 7, , , -
KtKlAulc trade, whlc* l h*v. MUblUbtO on
gj- (treat B*rs»ln< may b*
Call and examine raw.
gov. S3, >W. '■ '
ST. LOUIS TYPE FOUNDRY
PARER WAREHOUSE.
Batabliahed A. p. 1840.
A. P. LADEW 4 ۩.,
VpE FOUNDERS and dealers in paper,
St and & Loenat Street, Si. Lonia, Mo.,
PRttSS DRBOT— SHABJt At.I.BT,
paKSSM. Kl^EVBORDBBS, VLOWRRS, and every other artlrts
'S h2^iaten- made addUton* to their tonner »*<>rtmeni
Unooverked Passions betray men into follies ;
tkjeir follies into crimes ; their crimes into misfortunes.
rising, and, after staggering a few steps, rolling over
among the corpses, snorting and plunging fearfully.
“ Up to thq right of the wall was the way to foe
two gun battery. The pathway lay through much
thick brushwood; but the putli was slippery with
blood, and foe brushwood was broken down, and
cumbered with foe dead. The ocene trout the bal-
to*y was awful, awful beyond description. I stood
upon foe parapet at nine o’clock at night, and lelt
heart sink as I guzed upon foe scene of carnage
The moon was at its full, and showed ev-
was
KIEDICTVE FOR THE BILLION!
The temple block is forty rods square, foe lines
running north and south, east and west, and contains
ten acres. The center of the temple is 156 feet 6
inches due west from foe center of the east line of
the block. The length of said house, east and west,
is 186 1-2 feet, including towers, and the width 99
feet. On the east end there axe three towera, as
,ilso on the west. Draw a line north and south 118
1-ft feel through the center of the lowers, and you
have the north and south extent of ground plan, in-
cluding pedestal.
We depress into the earth, at foe east end, to foe
depth of sixteen feel, and enlarge all around beyond
foe lines of wall three feet for a loouug.
The 'north and south walls are eight leet thick,
clear of pedestal ; they stand upon a footing of six-
teen feel wail, yn ils bearing, which slopes three feet
onieach side to the hight of seven and a half feet.
The footing ol the towers rise to foe same bight as
the ride, and is one solid piece of masonry 01 rough
ashlahs, laid in good lime mortar.
The basement of the main building is divided in-
to many rooms by walls, all having footings. The
line ot foe basement floor is six inches above the top
of the fooling. From foe lower on foe east, to foe
tower on foe west, foe face of the earth slopes six
feet; four inches above the earth on foe east line,
begins a promenade walk from eleven to twenty-two
feet wide, around foe entire building, and approached
by^stone steps on all aides.
There are four towers on the four comers of foe
building, each starting from their footing, of twenty-
six feet square ; these continue sixteen and a half
feet high, and come to foe line of foe base string
coune. which is eight feet above the promenade
walk. At this point the towers arc reduced to twen-
ty-five feet square ; they then continue to foe hight
of thirty-eight feet, or foe hight of foe second string
course. At this point they are reduced to twenty-
three feet square ; they then continue thirty-eight
feet high to foe third suing course- The string
courses continue all around foe building, except
when separated by buttresses. The string courses
Requiring on External Application*
Warranted in every Case for which il is Recommended 1
*
THE MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT !
1' alike nil other popular medicine*, U Ia UKd bjr many prominent
member* of the faculty, and raauy of the phblle HotpUmw. Thrtr preju-
dice* hare yielded to lodicpaublr and Ineonlrorertihie tktaonstrstiott* oi
above the promenade, rise three feet perpendicular,
and terminate with a semi-circular head. The first
story windows liave twelve feet length of sash, to top
of semi-circular head. The oval windows have six
and a haif feet length of sash. The windows of foe
second stoiy are the same as those below. All these
frames have four and a half feet width of sash.
The pedestals under all the buttresses project at
their base two feet ; above their base, which is fifteen
inches by four and a half feet wide, on each front is
a figure of a globe three feet eleven inches across,
whose srjs corresponds with the axis of die earth.
The base string course forms a cope for those pe-
destals. Above this cope foe buttresses are three
and a half feet, and continue to foe hight of one hun-
dred feet. Above the promenade, close under foe
second string course, on each of foe buttresses, is the
moon, represented in its different phases. Close
under the third string course, or cornice, is the face
of foe sun. Immediately nbove is Santrn with her
rings. The buttresses terminate with a projected cope.
The only difference between foe tower buttresses
and foe one jt« described is, instead of Saturn being
on them, we have clouds and rays of light descend-
ing downward.
All of these sy mbols are to be chiseled in has re-
lief ou solid stone. The side walk continue above
the string course, or cornice, eight and a hail feet,
making the walls ninety-six feet high, and are formed
ip batdemenis, interspersed with stars.
The roof is quite flat, rising only eight feet, and
is to be covered with galvanized iron or some other
metal. The building is to be otherwise ornamented
in many places. The wltole structure is designed to
symbolize some of the great architectural work above.
The basement windows recede in from foe face of
outer wall to sash frame, tliree leet, and are sur-
rounded by stone jambs formed in mouldings, and
surmounted by labels over each, which terminate
at their horizon, exccjuing foe oval windows, whose
labels terminate on columns which extend from an
enriched string course, at foe foot of each window, to
foe center of major axis.
My chief object in foe last paragraph is to show
to foe judgment of any who may be baffled, how
those windows can be come at, etc. All in foe win-
dows in the towers are moulded and have stone
jambs ; each being crowned with label mouldings.
For furfoe/^ ^particulars, wait till foe house is done,
then come nod see it.
The whole house covers an area of 21,850 feet.
TRUMAN O. ANGELL, Architect
around.
ery object as if by foe light of day
foe valley of Inkermann, with foe Tcharnaya, like a
band of silver, flowing gracefully between the hills,
which, for varied and picturesque beauty, might vie
with any part of the world. Vet 1 shall never recall
foe memory of Inkermann valley but with feelings
of loathing and horror ; for around foe spot from
which I surveyed the scene, lay upwards ol 6,000
bodies. Many badly wounded also lay there ; and
their low, dyll moans of mortal agony struck, with
horrihle distinctness upon foe ear, or worse still, foe
hukrse gurgling cry and vehement struggles of those
who were convulsed lie fere they passed away.
Around die hill small groups of men with hospital
Stretchers were searching out for those who still sur-
vived ; and others again with lanterns busily turning
over foe dead, looking for foe bodies of officers who
were known to be killed, but who had not lieen
found. Here also were English women, whose hus-
bands had not returned, hurrying about with loud
lamentations, turning foe laces of our dead to foe
moonlight, and eagerly seeking for what they leared
to find
thin any otter mMIcInr cvrr awl. It* rffloicy In tot* to rrlbto <1t»M*» H
.,c*ncwlr,is«t by nit wbo h»v* n»«l It. It not only cam the asnptoloL
i>ut appear* to Kl*« » rlsnr and elasticity to the limb*, betorc unknown,
thn- p*rfonntntr a double oOleo.
A FEW TESTIMONIALS.
Path Hisdes Optics, M«r n, IBS*.
G. W. WisTBRooa:— „
Please send me by the beam three I ante bottle* at year Mexican Hol-
land Uoltnent, a* I wlih to take It op to my *4 *ce In Vermont, nol italnk-
tnf It advisable to do wtibont tt. 1 haw nsed It In my family and oo
my horns, and have found It Invaluable. Tour,,
CORTKTHtAN MELODY.
Music— “ HARK! 7
rile Il.it vraa on bl* te»d,
The P 1 «I|IK omwd admired; * 11 1
What haauly In SI* warn.
How matchless hla,cravat,
And then how much be 5 , graoM
With that mptoodam Hat I
He turned him man.' the ttirtmff.
Am be left Corinthian Haiti
Bat at he movea along,
On him all «lanoe* rail.
Cried on,— “Sot Unarm' . claw Star, r
With starry radiance Set,
t Appears more fair to view
Than yonder loatrtots }et( p
tb> ratnn by aU »aa rained;
Hu bosom awelle with pride;
While I bey admtrfnt cared.
He raised hi- votqe and <«■*-
*. Priend,. would yoji have my Joy,
And win as «*T»al fans*,
Soar Hot* on Beoedway Buy ;
There’* a tew ratsre left— the name.”
THE GREAT NATIONAL HAT 8TORB,
8Sg“ OF CORnTHIAlV HALL, .SC
• - 09T BROADWAY.
K^t&BLTSHED 6 THUWAROH. 1W»,
''iSSYo* the sal* op
FINE ST. LOUB MADE DRESS HATS.
FOB $4 BACH!
FOB 4
AJSTROUS, STYLISH, AND DURABLE SUPER
DRESS HAT,
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL !
FOR A
FUR, PLUSH. OR COTTON CAP,
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL!
FOB A
i FUR OR WOOL SOFT FELT HAT, i
GO TO CORINTIAN HALL!
FOB Air
INFANT’S FA 8 HIONABLE FANCY HAT,
GO TO CORINTHIAN HALL !
297 Broadway;
fSTBIG HJiT.jgfl ^
Nov. IRNL !• : . :■ \ j !■ *' - j '* t ,u *
J. *. WII1TSXV.
Bcrj ABETirroww, Trww., ! May 46, 1866.
Xh. O. w. wistd»ook:— .
Bear Sir— It afford, me much pleasure In eaylrr* to yoa that the Mexi-
can Mmtang Unimcni outsells any medicine that 1 have ever bad lor
.ale, and come* nearer doing what It promises to do. Send me another
.imply, as ! ant nearly out. Toon
respect! trUy,
JOHN S1XOL8TBAT, P. M.
Pnu-A DELPHI A, June It, ISM.
MB* 6. W. Westbrook :
sir— My un vo .iftitcled with a seeUlOE upon the knee Joint, whb
ronSned him to the bouse. I bad a doctor attending him (or some urn
bm be did not do him any good. One <■( my nrishboni tohl me to me tl
Mmtang Unlment. I asked the doctor tt I omld do so, and be told i
be i bought I could not do bettor.
I procured one bottle, and In ahout a week he erne able to go out.
3 can safely reco m mend It to the afflicted.
Betpevttnliy yonra, MBA BENNETT.
These latter were far more to be pitied
than the inanimate forms of those who lay slaugh-
tered around. The ambulances, as they came up,
received their load of sufl'erera, aud even blankets
were employed to convey foe wounded ta the rear.
“ Outside the battery tlie Russians lay two and
three deep. Inside, tlie place was literally filled
with bodies of Russian guardsmen, 55fo and 20th.
The fine, tall forms of our poor fellows could be dis-
glance, though the gray coats, stained
Park a Whit* at Sen Pr.vnctsco, Calltomta, arter 1«B gram, to te tnv-
w»rded by first dipper for that port.
PORT ax? PRfffCE, HaVTI, Jan. 16th. IBM.
J bad the pleasure to receive invoice and boxca Mexican Mustang Un 1 -
n*nt par Croton, amt havo no doubt it wUl have a brisk sale on the l.tand.
1 ’ citumriK n.rgorwn.
To give health, atntogta and clarity to tho limbs, there to nothing can
equal In eric!, the
MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT
FJRUfERS AUD LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS
have need It tor the following dlteafws with extraordinary niece*, cvrit-
lying Invariably to the efflcacyol the Undment, and the truthtnlrons o#
oar sweet ton* In lta behalf :
Spavin, Splint. Blug-booa, Ptotulm. Wind Galls, BE Head, Bretons,
Sfralna, String-halt, Scratches, Crack'd Herts, Swenoy, Saddle, Collar,
ori Kornev Gall*, IJard Lump* or Tumor, Film, or other dlaetora of the
Eke, PoB-Bvtl, fcc.
The smalt dees retail for 45 cents per bottle ;
Th- medium Mae- retail for 60 cent* per bottle; .
The large alies reUUJforons dollar per bottle. ;
The medium bolus three time* as much as the small ;
! The large hold* nearly three times ea much as the medium.
Therefore tho lar*e bottle* are the cheageel.
G. W. WESTBROOK,
(Snceetoor to A. G. BRAGG to CO.,)
Originator and Sole Proprietor.
Principal Offices, 30* Broadway, New Tori; ; and Third and Market Sts-,
SU Louis, Mo. Jan. IE ’66.
tingukhed at
with blood, rendered them alike externally. They
lay as they fell, in heaps ; sometimes our men over
three or lour Russians, and sometimes a Russian
over three or four of our soldiers. Some had passed
away with a smile on their faces, and seemed as if
asleep ; others were horribly contorted, and, with dis-
tended eyes, and swollen features, appeared to have
died in agony, but defying to die last. Some lay as
if prepared lor burial, as though hands of relatives
had arranged their mangled limbs, while others
again were almost in startling positions, half stand-
ing or kneeling, clutching their weapons or drawing
a cartridge. Many lay with both their hands ex-
tended toward foe sky, as if to avert a blow or utter
a prayer, while others had a malignant scowl of
mingled fear and hatred, as if, indeed, they died
despairing. The moonlight imparted an aspect of
unnatural paleness to their forms ; and, as foe cold
damp wind swept around the hills and waved the
houghs above their upturned faces, the shadows gave
a horrible appearance of vitality, and it seemed os
if the dead were laughing and about to rise. This
was not die case on one spot, but all over foe bloody
field."
GALLAGHER & CO
Practical Dyers and Scotirerg.
Nb. US North 3d aU, 3 tloom from Vln*, South rid*, and No. ISO Morgan
•u between <ih god Tth> Si. Louis Mo.
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LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS AND THE DARKNESS COMPREHENDETH IT NOT ;
heir iu lsruel’s family : and if those, blessings had
failed, the purposes of God according to election
must have- failed in reUtlion to die posterity of Israel,
and the oath of Jehovah would have been broken,
which could not be, though heaven and earth were
to pass away. (Rom. fl, 13.) fha it is written,
Jacob have 1 loved, but Esau have 1 hated. Where
is it written! (Mai. 1, 1, 2.) When was it writ-
ten ! About 397 years before Christ, and Esau and
Jacob were bom about 1773 years before Christ, ac-
cording to tile computation of time in Scripture mar-
gin, so Esau and Jacob lived about 1376 years be-
fore die Lord spoke by Malachi, saying, Jacob have
J laved, but Esau have 1 hated, as quoted by Paul.;
This text is often brought forward to prove that God)
loved Jacob and hated Esau before they were jborn,
or before they bad done good or evil ; but if Goid did
love one and hate the other before they had dono
good or evil. He has not seeu fit to tell us <|F it either
in die Old or New Testament, or any other revela-
tion ; but diis only we leam, that 1376 years alter
Esau and Jacob were born, God said to Malachi — |
Jacob have 1 loved, and Esau have 1 bated; and surely
dial was time sufficient to prove their works, and as-
certain whedter they were worthy to be loved or
hated.
‘And why did he love the one and hate die other ?
For die same reason that lie accepted the offering of
Abel and rejected Cain’s offering; because Jacob’s
works bad beeu righteous and Esau’s wicked ; and
where is there a righteous fadier who would not
do the same thing! Who would not love an affec-
donate and obedient sou more than one who was
disobedient, und sought to injure him and over-
throw the order of bis house ! [Objection. ] But
God Beeth not as man seetli, and He is no respector
of persona [Acts 10, 34.] True; but what saith
die next verse. He that fearedi God and worketh
righteousness is accepted of Him ; but it does not say
ilege as Uieir brethren ; or in fine, in die first place,
diey were on the same standing with their brethren.
Thus, this holy calling being prepared from the
foundation of the world for such as would not harden
their hearts, being in and through the atonemeht of
the only begotten Son, who was prepared, and thus
being called by this holy calling, and ordained unto
the high priesdiood of the holy order of God, to teach
his commandments unto the children of men, that
they might also enter into His rest, this high priest-
hood being after the order of His Son, which order
was from the foundation of the world, or, in other
words, being without beginning of dnys or end of
years, being prepared from eternity to all eternity,
according tb‘ his foreknowledge of all things. ( Rom.
9, 41, 12.) For the children being not yet horn,
neither having done any good or evil, that the pur-
pose of God; according to election, might stand, not
of works, hut of him that culleth
principle or election, i.e. that God chose, elected, or
ordained Jesus Christ, his Son, to be the ereamr,
governor, savior, and judge of the world ; and Ahra-
haui to be the father of the faithful, on account of
his foreknowledge of their obediene to his will and
commandments, \yhich agrees with the saying in the
IL Tun. 2.21, ‘ If a man purge himself from these,
he si iull be a vessel unto honor, sanctified and meet
for the master's use, and prepared unto every good
work.’
“ Thus it appears that God luu chosen or elected
certain individuals to certain blessings, or to the
performance of . certain works ; and that we may
mare fully understand the movements of the Supreme
Governor of the universe in the order of election, we
proceed to quote the sacred writers, ( RouuS.2S,30)
• For whom he did foreknow, he also did predes-i
tiuate to be conformed to the image of his Son, f at
lie might he the first- bom among many brethren:
moreover, whom lie did predestinate, them he also
called, and whom he called, them he also justified,
and whom he justified, them he also glorified.’
And whom did he foreknow 1 Those that loved him,
as we find iu the 28th verse of the same chapter —
* For we know that all things shall work together
for good to them that love God, to them who nre the
called according to his purpose.’ And who are the
called according to his purpose! Those whom he
foreknew, for lie foreknew that those who loved him
would do his thrill and work righteousness ; und it is
vain for men to say they love God, if they do not
keep his commandments. Cain found it so when he
presented an unrighteous offering, for God said umo
him, (Gen. 4.7) ‘ If thou doest well, shall thou not
be. accepted ! ’ and yet he was not accepted ; ‘ but
whoso keepeth his ward, in him verily is the love qf
God perfected ; and hereby we know that we are in
him (I. John, 2.5) or that we are the called accord-
ing to his purpose.’
But did not God foreknow all things and all men!
Surely, 1 known? unto God are all his works, from
the beginning of the d-orld,’ (Acts 15. IS) but does
that prove that all men would love him and keep his
copimaudineiits, so that he could predestinate them
unto eternal lift! Certainly not, for that would
make God' to IbrefthotV tilings- which were imt to V»,
and to predestinate men to that, unto which they
could never attain, (Mat. 7.13), ‘for wide is the
gate and broad is die way that leadetli to destruction,
and many there bo that go in thereat.’
" The principles of God’s kingdom are perfect and
harmouious, and the scriptures of truth must also
that one sentiment thereof
<?I)C *>t.. Cflttis Xnmiitarj,
[levoted to Science, Religion, General Intelligence and
, News of the Day.
15, 16,] and called them to account for saving the
men children alive, [verse 18] and charged all hia
people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast
into the river ; [verse 22] and yet God would have
mercy on vVhom he would liai'c mercy, [Rom. 9, 18]
lor he would iiave mercy on ilia godly child, Moses,
'when he was hid! and laid in the flags [Ex. 11, 3,]
by his mother, to save him lioni Pharaoh s erne) or-
der, and caused jthut lie should be- preserved as a
prophet and deliverer to lead his people up to their
own country : aud whom he would be hardeued, lor
he hardened Pharaoh by pausing before him ip
mighty power arid withdrawing Iris spirit, and leav-
ing him to his own wicked inclination, for he had set
taskmasters over! the Israelites to afflict them with
their burdens, and caused them to build treasure cit-
ies for Pharaoh, find made them to serve with rigor ;
and made their (lives bitter with: hard bondage, in
mortar nnd brick, und all manner of service in the
field, [Ex. 1st chap.-,] beside destroying the men
children ; thus proving to the God of heaven and all
men that he had hardened his own hard heart, until
he became a vessel of wrath fitted for destruction ;
[Rom. 9, 22;] all this long before God said unto
Moses, I will harden his (Pharaoh’s) heart, [Ex. 4,
21 .]
‘Are men, then, to be saved by works! Nay,
verily, by grace are ye saved through faith, and that
not of yourselves, it is the gift of God ; [Epli. 2,8;]
not cf works, lest any man should boast, [5, 9,] not
by works of righteousness which we have done, but
according to his mercy he saved us, [Titus 3, 6,]
and yet faith without works is dead, being alone.
[James 2, 17.] Was riot Abraham our fadier just-
ified hy. works ! , [fi, 21. ] Shall we then be saved
by faith l‘ Nay, neither by faith nor works, but by
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it was said unto
her, the elder shall serve the younger,’ us we have
before shown why God chose Abraham to be the
father of the faithful, viz., because Hu knew he
would command his children and his household after
him ; so now we see by this why the purposes of
God, according to election, should stand, and that for
His oath's sake. (Gen. 22; 16, 17, 18.) ‘By
myself hath I sworn, saith the Lord, for because
thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy
son, thine only son, that in blessing I will bless thee,
and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed us the
stars of heaven, and as die saud which is upon the
sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his
enemies, and in thy seed shall the nations of the
earth be blessed, because thou bast obeyed my voice.’
Here the Lord Jesus, coming through the seed of
Abrahum, is again leferred to, through whose suf-
fering and death, or in whom all the nations of the
earth Were to be blessed, or made alive, as they 'lmd
in this, election
ELECTION AND RBFHOBATION.
This article was first published in the Millenial
Staj, iu die year 1841, which the prophet Joseph
says, m )>is History, is one of the sweetest pieces
that has been written in these last days.
Do you behove ui election and reprobation? To
prevent die necessity of repeating a thousaud limes
vviiut may be said ui once, we purpose to answer
this aft-asked question iu writing, so that the saints
may .learn doctrine, and all who will may understand
that such election und reprobation as is taught in die
Old und New Testaments, and other revelations
from God, we fully believe, in connection with every
other, principle of righteousness; and we ask this
favor -of all into whose hands our unswer may come,
that they will not condemn until they have read it
through, in the spirit of meekness and prayer.
“ Thu Lord (Jeliovuh) hath spoken dirough
Isaiah (42. 1 ) saying, ‘ Behold my servant whom I
uphold — mine elect in whom my soul delighieth ; ’
evidently referring to the Lord Jesus Christ, the
Son of God, chosen or elected by the Father (I Pet.
1. 20') ‘ Who verily was lore-ordained before the
foundation of the world, but was manifest in these
lost limes for you, who by him do believe in God to
serve him in die redemption of the woYM, when
ivvenimt of die people (Isaiah 42. 6) for n light of
the Gentiles, and die glory of his people, Israel,
having ordained him to be the judge of die quick
and dead (Acts 10. 4*2) that through him for-
giveness of sins might be preuehed (Acts 13. 38)
unto fill wtto would be obedient unto his Gospel
(Mmk 16. 16.17).
- Every high priest must lie ordained (Heb. 5.1)
and if Christ had not received ordination, he would
m* have had power to ordain others, ns he did when
'-ordained the Twelve (Marks. 14) to take a
pai; in tile ministry which he had received of his
Father ; also. (John 15.16) ‘ Ve have not chosen
me, tu it 1 have chosen you, nnd ordnined you, that
ye should go and bring forth fruit (Heb. 5.4) for no
man taketh this honor unto himself but he that is
railed ,of God as was Aaron (5.5); so also Christ
glorified not himself to he made an high priest, hut
he that said unto him. ‘ Thou art my Son, this day
have l begotten thee.’ No being can give that
which he docs not possess; consequently no mun
can confer the priesthood on another, if lie lias not
himself first received it ; and the priesthood is Of
such a nature thnt it is impossible to investigate the
principles of election, reprobation, Sic., without touch-
ing upon tlie priesdiood also; and although some
may say that Christ as God needed no ordination,
having'jpossessed it eternally ; yet Christ says (Mat.
28.16?? All power is given unto me in heaven and
on ear N ; ’ which could not have been if lie was in
eternal possession ; and in the previously quoted
verse, we discover that lie that said unto him (his
Fail er } glorified him to be made an high prie&t, or
ordajnt-d him to the work of creating the world and
all things Upon it, (Col. 1.16) ‘ For by him were all
things created that are in heaven and that are in
the ear.h,’ and of redeeming the some from the fall,
and to -the judging of the. quick and dead, fur the
rigitt df judging rests in the priesthood, and it is
through tins medium that the Fadier liadi committed
all judgment umo the Son (John 5.22) referring to
his administration oil earth. It was necessary that
Christ should receive the priesthood to qualify liim
to minister before his Father unto the children of
men, 90 as to redeem and save them. Does it seem
reasonable that any man should take it upou him to
db,a p£irt of die same work, or to assist in the same
priesdfood, who has not beeu called by the spirit' of
prophecy Or revelation, a 8 was Aaron, and orduined
accordingly i and can it he expected that a man will
be iffd-ed by revelation who does not believe in rev-
e lqi.-0ii ? or will any man submit to ordination for
the fulfillment of a rovolauou or call in which he has
no frith ? We think not.
“.’That we may learn still further dint God calls or
elyi^K particular- men to perform particular works, or
ou. vphoin to confer special blessings, we read (Isaiah
45,;},) * For Jucob my servant's sake, and Israel
miujp elect. I have called thee (Cyrus) by thy numc
to he a deliverer to my people Israel, aud to help to
pldlt them on my holy mountain, (Isaiah 65.9, see
confteotion) for mine elect shall inherit it, and my
servants shall dwell there, even ou the mountnins of
Palestine, the land of Canaan, which God had be-
fore promised to Abraham and his seed,’ (Gen. 17.
8) and ' the particular reason why Abraham was
died in Adam,
is made manifest, for God elected or chose die chil-
dren of Israel to be his peculiar people, and to them
belong the covenants and promises, and the blessings
received by the Gentiles come through the covenants
to Abraham and his seed ; for through the unbelief
of the Jews (Rom. 11, 17) they were broken off,
<uu! i he Gentiles were grafted iu; but they stand by
faith, (Rom. 11, 20,) and not by the oath of flec-
tion; therefore it boaomuth them to fear, lest
cease quickly to bear fruit and be broken off ( verse
21) that tlie Jews may be grafted iu agaiu, for they
shall be grafted iu- again (verse 23) if they abide
not in unbelief.
*i The Gentiles became partakers of the blessings
of election aud promises through faith and obedience,
as Peter says, writing to the strangers scattered
abroad, (1 Peter. 1st chap.,) who were the gentiles,
tlie elect according to die foreknowledge of God the
Father, llirough sanctification of the spirit unto obe-
dience ; (1 Peter 11, 9;) for ye are a chosen gene-
ration, a royal priesthood, on holy nation, a peculiar
people, dial ye should show forth the praises of him
who hudi called you out of darkness into his marvel-
ous light, (verse 10) which iu time past were not a
people, hut now are the people of God, which had
not obtained mercy, hut now have obtained mercy.
‘ Why were diey a peculiar people ? Because
God had chosen that generation of Gentiles and con.
ferred on them.die blessings which descended through
tlie priesthood, and die covenants mito the house of
Israel, or grafted them iuto die good olive tree;
( Rom. 11, 17 ;) und Uius die house of Israel became
ftie ministers of salvation to the Gentiles; and this is
what die house of Israel was elected unto, not only
Uieir own salvation, but dirougli them salvation unto
all others, (John 4, 22,) for salvation is of the Jews,
(Rom. 11, 11,) and through their fall salvation is
come unto the Gentiles.
‘ Among the promised seed we find Jesus Christ
neither last nOr least, but the great high priest and
head of all, who was chosen to lay down his life for
the redemption of die world, for without the shedding
of blood there could be no remission of sins. ( Heb.
9,22.) (Deut. 7, 6, 7, 8, 9.) Moses bears a sim-
ilar testimony with Peter and Paul to the principles
of election : for thou art an holy people unto the Lord
diy God ; the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be
a special people unto himself, above all people dial
are upon the face ol the earth. The Lord did not
set lus love upon you, nor choose you, because ye
were more hi number than any people, for ye were
the fewest of all people ; but because the Lord loved
vou, and because he would keep the oath which he
had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought
you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out
of the hoiibe of bondmen, from the hand of Plmraoh,
king of Egypt. Know, therefore, that the Lord thy
God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth
covenant and mercy with them that love Him and
keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
which proves the long continuance of the blessings
of fins highly favored people.
‘And the Lord said imto her, (Rebecca, Gen. 25,
23.) the elder shall serve the younger. And why !
Because that Isaac, die fadier of Esau and Jacob,
the husband of Rebecca, and the son of promise to
Abraham, was the heir ; and as Esau was the elder
son of his father Isaac, he had a legal claim to the
heirship ; but through unbelief, hardness of heart,
and hunger, he sold his birthright to bis younger
brother, Jacob, (Gen. 25, 23.) and God knowing
beforehand that he would do this of his own free will
and choice, or acting upon that agency which God
has delegated to all men, said to his mother, the
elder shall serve the younger; for as the elder son,
Esau, has sold Iris birthright, and hy that means lost
all claim to foe blessings promised to Abraham,
those blessings and promises must have failed if they
had not descended with the purchased birthright un-
to the younger son, Jacob, for there was no other
agree in all their parts, so
shall not destroy another, and when we read that,
whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate ;
and that, known unto God nre ill his works; so that
it might appear from an abstract view thereof, that
God foreknew all, and consequently predestinated
all to be conformed to the image of his Son ; — we
ought also to rend (Mark 16.16) ‘ he that believetli
not shall be damned;’ and (John 8.24) ‘ if ye be-
lieve not that I am lie, ve shall die in your sins ;'
also (Mat. 25.41) • depart from me ye cursed, for I
was an hungered and ye gave ine no meat, etc.
Paul referring to tlie saints, (Rom. 1.7) calls them
beloved of God, tailed to be saints ; and says (Rom.
8.1) ‘ there is no condemnation to them which are
in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but af-
ter the spirit,’ and goes on to show in his epistle to
tlie Romans, that the law (the law of carnal com-
tnniiJineuts given to the children of Israel, the cov-
enojit people,) could not make the coiners thereunto
perfect; (see also Heb. 10. 1) but was given for a
schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, (Gal. 3.24) so
that when he had come and offered himself without
spot unto God (Heb. 9.14) the sacrifice of the law
should be done uway in him, that the honest in heart
all might come unto the perfect law of liberty, (James
1, 35,) or the gospel of Christ, walking no longer
after the flesh, but after the spirit, and be of thnt
number who love God and keep his commandments,
that they might be called according to his purpose ; ’
(Romans 8, 28;) nnd these were the individuals re-
ferred to, whom God foreknew ; such as Abel, Seth,
Enoch, Noah, Mclchisedec, Abraham, Lot, Isaac,
Jacob, Joseph, Moaes, Caleb, Joshua, the harlot
Rahab, who wrought righteousness by hiding the
servants of God, when their lives were sought by
their enemies, Gideon, Barak, Sampson, Jeptliu,
David, Samuel, and the prophets, (Heb. 11,) who,
tlurotigh Uieir fuith, subdued kingdoms, wrought
righteousness, obtained promises, slopped tlie mouths
of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped die
edge of the sword, out of weakness were made
the earth. As yet exoltest thou thyself against my
people, that thou will not let them go ?
God had promised to bring the house of Israel up
out of the land of Egypt at his own appointed time ;
and with a mighty hand and outstretched arm, and
great terribleness; [Deui.26,8.] He chose to do tins
thing that His power might be known, and His name
declared throughout all the earth, so that all nations
might have the God of heaven in remembrance, and
reverence His holy names and to accomplish this it
was needful that he should meet with opposition to
give him an opportunity to manifest His power ;
therefore he raised up a man, even Pharaoh, who,
He foreknew, would harden lift heart against Ged
of his own free will and choice, and would withstand
the Almighty in His attempt to deliver His chosen
people, and that to the utmost of his ability ; and he
proved himself worthy of the choice, for he left no
means unimproved which lus wicked heart could de-
vise to vex the sons of Abraham, and defeat the pur-
poses of die Most High, which gave the God of
Abraham an opportunity to magnify hiB name in the
ears of the nations, and in sight of this wicked king,
by many signs and wonders, sometimes even to the
convincing the wicked king of his wickedness and of
the power of God, [Ex. 8, 28, etc.,] and yet he
would continue to rebel and hold tlie Israelites in-
bondage ; and (Iris is what is meant by God’s hard-
ening Pharaoh’s heart He manifested himself in
tlie armies of the aliens. These all* died in faith,
having kept the commandments of the Most High,
having Stained tlie promise of a glorious inheritance,
and are wuitiug file fulfillment of tlie promise which
they obtained, (Heb. 11, 40.) God having provided
some better thing for us, that they without us should
not lje made perfect.
The prophet Alma bears a similar testimony to
tlie other prophets concerning election, in his 9th
chap., (Book of Mormon,) saying, ‘ This is the man-
ner after which they were ordained ; being called
and prepared from the foundation of the world, ac-
cording to the foreknowledge of God, on account of
their cxceediig fuith and good works, in die first
place being left to choose good or evil; dierefore
they having chosen good, and exercising exceeding
great faidi, are called with a holy calling ; yea, with
that ijtoly calling which was prepared with, and ac-
cording to a preparatory redemption for such ; aud
thus diey have been called to this holy calling on ac-
count of their faith, while others would reject the
Spirit of God on account of the hardness of their
heortB and blindness of their minds, while, if it had
not been for this, they aright have had os great pnr-
for Israel which he has sought for in vain by the law
of Moses, j
• This is file election that we believe in, viz., such
os we find in die prophets aud apostles, and the
word of die Lord himself, apd as we have not room
to give all the quotations in full relating to election
in this epistle, we would invite the Saints to oxaminu
the Scriptures in connection with diese quoted ; and
whenever they find election, or any other principle
or blessing, given or applied to the lmuee of Israel,
let those principles continue with the bouse ol Israel,
and not apply that to Esau which las longs to Jacob ;
nor to the churches of modern times which belong to
ancient covenant people ; and always ascertain how
the Lord, the aposdes and prophets have applied
their words, and ever continue the sumo application,
ST. LOUIS LUMKARY— SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1855.
and knowledge and wisdom will be added unto you ;
and in the words of the beloved Peter and Paul, v e
would eshort you to work out your own salvation
with tear and trembling, lor it is God that worketh
in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure ;
(Phil. *3. 12, IS:) giving all diligence to make your
railiug and election sure. (II Pet. 1, 10,) for this is
that settling power spoken of in Ephesians 1,13. 14 :
In whom ye also misted, after that ye heard the
wortt of truth ; the gospel of your salvation, in whom
also' after that ye believed ye were sealed witli thut
Hot# Spirit of promise, which is the earnest ot our
inh eritance, until the redemption of the purchased
possession, unto the praise ol his glory, (II Pet. 1,
1 ltjj for so an eutranre shall be ministered unto you
abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
‘BRIGHAM YOUNG,
‘WILLARD RICHARDS.’
£>t. louis fnmmanj.
cloaked in a religious garb, pretend to be true be- CAJS THEY LBT US ALONE ?
lievere? Let the honest answer. The following beautiful extract is from the Mffienial
The third lectuie was delivered on Thursday eve- Star, of Dec. 23, in a leading article on the altitude
aiug^the 1 1 ili inst. Subject : The signs of the nines which the United States were assuming toward the
as they relate to our country, its mission, its perils. Saints, aiid die late newspaper war upon Utah:
j ' ST. LOUIS,
SATURDAY, JANUARY 2 0,
1855.
LIST OF AGENTS FOR THE LUMINARY
Sow Orleans, James Meeaw.
Ala. amt Tonn., H. W. Church.
Harrison countv, Texas, Wiliam Martuulalo.
Milan county, Texas, S. M. Blair.
Preston Thomas, Traveling Agent for the South.
Cincinnati, O., Hon. Orson Spencer.
Springfield, O., A. R. Wright.
Pittsburgh, Pa., B. F. Winchester.
Georgetown, Ky., J- M. Barlow.
Keokuk. Iowa, Charles Clark.
Philadelphia, Samuel Harrison, 5*4 Poplar, 9».
Now York, John Tavlor.
Helena, Ark.. Alfred Gay.
pecan Point, Ark., I.. J. IVLopair.
’ fhulT City, Iowa, Win. H. Folson. and l.. O. 1 Jttleheld.
Maquaketa, Iowa, J. Dalrymplc.
Gravois, Mo., Charles Maxwell.
{•’airfield, Inch, John Wirkel.
Alquilia. lad., Stephen Golding.
Alton, III., Henry J. Hudson,
j'lentreville, 111., Janies Kinney.
>«owoll. Mass., F.liaktm S. Davis.
•General ‘Agent for Massachusetts, N. H. Fell,
yian Jose, Cal., J. M. Horner.
San Barmdino, Cal.. C. C. Rich.
,, General Agent for Utah, Hon. Z. Snow.
Slednr City. Utah, Hon. 1. C. Haight.
■Traveling Elders generally will please act as agents.
S\. L. Siler. Traveling Agent through the West.
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
'Dr. Rice, of this city, tM engage en donnant a
ct arse of lectures in the Mercantile Library Hall
uj/Oii the signs of the times, which have excited a
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and its future prospects of permanent prosperity.
The lecturer dwelt in his introduction on the ori- b
gin of our government, the peculiarity ot its institu- ^
tionB, the character of its people, the exteut and fer- 0
tility of its territory, and its varied and exhausileso „
elements of greatness and power. t
The lecturer said, « The Lord has raised up in
other ages people and nations to accomplish his pur- (
poses, and in these last days has raised up this na- ;
tion at this critical time, when the world is hastening (
to its last epoch to fulfill a special and divine mission.
We need not tell those of our readers who are at
all acquainted with our doctrines that this is Mor-
monism ; it is as the ABC of^our education ; these
principles hpve been instilled into our minds from
our very infancy in this church : these were the prin-
ciples which burned in the bosom of the prophet Jo-
seph and his noble brother Hyrum, and which dwell
in the bosom of every Latter-day Saint.
The lecturer spoke in glovying language upon the
character of the father’s of this nation. “They
were not,” said he “the aristocracy of the old world
who first sought a home in this land, but they were
men who denounced the corruptions of their rulers —
men who loved truth for its own merits — men who
were oppressed in their own land because of their
noble and independent principles ; men who were
willing to sacrifice everything for what they believed
to be true — for troth they were prepared to brave
every danger and boldly encounter every difficulty ;
these were the men who laid the foundation ot this
government, and who guve character to its institu-
tions ; and they were the right sort of men to lay the
foundation of a new government. They were con-
sidered rebels, for they would ask no man how they
were to sen e God ; their conscience was the only
law they recognized upon that subject. Mon who
have no conscience ot principle will change their
opinions and principles as convenience or the will ol
their nilcrs may demand ; but men of sterling prin-
ciple would rather die thnn resign their laith and
violate their conscience. The greatest rebels are
generally men of the greatest principle.”
The above needs no comment; suffice it to say,
that Mormoni8m runs through every sentiment; for
a it runs through and encircles all things that are lovely,
U I pure, noble and true, both in heaven and on earth.
a I The lecturer endeavored to prove that the divine
nts r THEY LET US ALONE ? OUR EUROPEAN EMIGRATION.
The following beautiful extract is from the MSUenial Pn»Ment Richards writing under date of Liver-
Star, of Dec. 23, in a leading article on the altitude P<» 1 January 29th, says: “ In my h*,l informed
which the L T nited States were assuming toward the y° u 01 l * le ‘ He!* 08 being 00 ® > a,M receiving
Saints, aiid die late newspaper war upon Utah: J a ®age in the river by being stranded. She w now
... „ . , , * in dock, liaving discharged her passengers and their
b >’ «■£"'•“• 7 *£“** 1 "“ e r * l 7' J£L„ „» b, n »bipp«l for . w„k « mow.
Our past history surely shows that persecution has “ Tv® vf . *, , j_ v
i ^ Am * 3 ., j “The Danish saints arrived here on Christmas day,
only served to increase our strength and influence, d v
1 , , ,, , , * . „ . , , all well and quite safe, and expect to sail some any
and we boldly throw out the assertion to the world M . lor w ew
lT - •„ 7 .- , „ ■ next . week on the ‘ James Nesmith, hence lor new
that it will contmue to be so in all future time. ^
Orleans.
}* We ^P^' 1 persecution, knowing that the powers „ whfa ^ k^mdrtd saints on my hands, I have
of evil will oppose die work of regeneration. Christ ^ & |f ^ a merry Christmas, with every
said it must needs be dial offenses come, but wo unto prog . of ^ New Year wlh heart and
them by whom they come. As a people, we have
I nothing to fear from persecution, for we know of
a surety that it will build us up, while it will prove __ _ __ ____
, , „ , HARPER’S MONTHLY MAGAZINE
the downlnll of our enemies. . ,. T
I, , ... The first number of the 10th volume of this wei
“ From small settlements in Missouri, we grew . . , ... , , , .. . •
, , „ . . , , , known, ably edited, and deservedlv popular work ti
into a large and well organized city, and held the ^ ^ ^ Jt will be a welcome visitor to ever
political control of a county in lUinois After our ^ ^ ^ The hjstory ^ char
expulsion from that place mto the wilderness we ^ ^ nob , e Jeffetson will ^ fouud of thrillin|
fled to the fastnesses of Yhe Rocky Mountains where ^ to eye i(Jlic ^ It iUustrated b;
alone we could enjoy that liberty denied us by lure- # ^ presentlng . weU drawn am
hng priests, corrupt rulers and a depraved people. repre3enlatlons of lhe
numerous character
There, through the blessings of the Almighty we It will ^ found an !lgre eahle compar
we have planted the germ of a future empire There ^ ^ ^ and steamboat lraveler( and wi
is a well organized territory, rapidly becoming form a ^ble acquisition to the parlor librwy; an
weighty ,n the scale of political influence. The m- ^ ^ ^ a ^ precisely lhe thing llml wi
habiUinls axe vigorous, energetic, and thoroughly in- ^
ured to hardship and danger. They have thus far SU1 ^ 0U ‘
defended themselves against tlieir enemies, and .
have been abundantly able to sustain the adminis- (jj. CffjJ H C f 01 lUf
tration of their government, having received but lit-
. tie assistance from the United States. [Extract of a lattiT from James McGaw-L
“ If thus in their earliest infanoy they assumed the Times — Beggary In Orleans — A Btxildi
, obligations of manhood, what will be the result of Contrast — Immense Emigration of Germai
. maturer years? What will be the next giant stride ttu ^ Irish.
f of a power which increases the more rapidly when As for the times in this place, they are very ha
HARPER’S MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
The first number of the 10th volume of this well
known, ably edited, and deservedly popular work is
now before us. It will be a welcome visitor to every
lover of literature and art. The history and char-
acter of the noble Jefferson will be found of thrilling
VOLUME I.
of light; her officers, (the apostles and prophets for
the edification and perfection of the Saints,) peace;
and the bishops and the deacons, (her exactors of
fighting.) righteousness— -necessary for the benefit
of that heavenly community, as placed in that organ-
ization by Je&UjB : perfect in its adapuuion to- the
Saints— the members of the church of Christ.
The church of the devil is called the synagogue of
Satan. The great whore that siueth upon many
waters, full of names of blasphemy, having seven
heads and ten horns— arrayed in purple and scarlet,
decked with gold and precious stones; in her fore-
front a name written, Mystery, Babylon the Great,
the Mother of Harlots, that great city— Confusion—
which has smitten all nations afnd reigns over the
kings of the earth ; and in her skirts was found the
bland of Saints and Apostles j on the one hand »
revelation, apostles, prophets and saints; on the
other band is mystery, confusion, a hireling clergy
of Right Reverend Fathers in God, His Grace the
Archbishop, My Lord the Bishop, Doctorsof Divin-
ity, not omitting the multitude of Reverend Mr.
Somebodys everywhere adored, if these be not from
the catalogue of false names, or some of the names
interest to every patriotic spirit. It is . ustrated by b , h)J where we find them? We shall
a profusion of engravings presenting well drawn and ^ ^ ^ ^ in ^ of God . there
faithful represenlations of the numerous characters ^ f Df ^ uQr ^ p eler , n0) nor the Rev .
introduced. It will be found an agreeable compan- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ and a(mple obamcteri8l -
ion to the railway and steamboat traveler, and wd ^ ^ auJ loveUne88 . dlere wus Pet er, James
form & valuable acquisition to the parlor librap'; and ^ ^ ^ for lhe inftnite importance of the
for the leisure horn it is precisely the thing that will ^ head(t of divil) it y all d horns of power
suit you. would excite a smile. Only think of Dr. Moses, the
1 1 Rev. Mr. Jqshua! Don’t we all agree that the
(tel^MItkUCe of Ik ICUmimUl}. righteousness of those men makes their names far
r o 2_ more famous without the -appendages of modern
Jar 1 „ „ 7 Christianity? That they would feel infinitely dis-
[Extract of a letter graced by such empty baubles, we will leave it for
Hard Times— Beggary In Orleans— A Btrllting J .. . r ,
Contrast— Immense Emigration of Germans the serious consideration of every candid rfeader,
and Irish. praying that their eyes may be opened to see the
As for the times in this Diace, they are very hard truth as it is in Jesus.
•ylx [Extract of a latter from James McGaw.],
Hard Times— Beggary in Orleans— A Striking
Contrast — Immense Emigration of Germans
and Irish.
As for the times in this place, they are very hard
and business is very dull; there are hundreds of men
gjjod deal of interest and atttracted considerable at-, mission of this nation is to evangelize the nations,
t nation. He adduced as incontrovertible evidence that this 11 a-
violeutly opposed ? We leave these questions for and business is very dull; there are hundreds ol men 1
the future to disclose ; and our enemies to answer, if out of employment, and the streets are full of beg- '/JT p I p (V r }) IV (l i f iSDiliflltS
they can. We know that the kingdom is the Lord’s; gars. I have seen stout looking young men ( Amer- v r 3 ^ x o
that it will increase while other kingdoms decrease, icons) actunlly begging for bread, saying that they =—> =; ' f rom ti, 0 citv~Prca8
and that every effort of its enemies to crush it will had come from New York and could not get work, ^ t?TT vrrA'PTr'
result in their own downfall. The pit they dig for had no money nor 'food, and were suffering from LA ^r RI val of THE CANADA
the Saints they will fall into themselves, and the hunger. .
principles of truth will rise triumphant over all oppo- I see from the papers that than _is mjich Buffi mng ^fiXo'iidon datesVthe fill!
oiiiou. n city.; tha upwards of 15,000 have been ^ fiye 0 . clock> p M
14 The approaching crisis in the United States, turned out offeinployment from the various branches Advices from the seat of war and diplomacy, by
with regard to our doctrines and people, we have of mechanism. this arrival, possess but little of special interest, and
been anticipating for a number of years, and it has The times are so dull and hard here, that it will the interesting features of it may be summed up in
long been a subject of fireside conversation in bun- be ahnost impossible for the emigration (should any {^hundred guns in a ’potion
dreds of Mormon families. The angry clouds which, be obliged to stay here) to find employment in th s . w n a g ru ou Sebastopol, and were only
i . . • 1 • • it . J _L._ A J* L. .nnnv/linrr In fill in thtt . / . f • • * . . V
From tho City Press.
LATER FROM feUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.
Halifax, January 17, 6 p. m. — The steamer
Canada, with Liverpool and London dates to the 0ih
inst., arrived qt half past five o’clock, r. m.
Advices from the seat of war and diplomacy, by
this arrival, possess but little of special interest, ana
the interesting features of it may be summed up in
die two following points, viz : The Allies, at the
latest advices, had three hundred guns in a position
ready to open a fire ou Sebastopol, and were only
teat ion.
His first lecture was delivered to a very large
audience. The object of the lecturer was to show
that fhe world is rapidly approaching another great
epoch, which was foretold by prophecy aiid clearly
indicated by the signs of the times.
Some who henrd the Dr.’s first lecture thought he
was a Millerite, and some asked if he was not a
Mormon ; and lest there should be still a duhily upon
the minds of some concerning it, we would state
that tlie. lecturer is bona fide orthodox Presbyterian.
Il might be superfluous for us to add, he is a pro-
found thinker, an able rensoner, and a good orator.
His second lecture was on file subject ot infidelity
in connection with the signs of the times. He traced
the history of the various infidel systems, Deism,
Atheism. Pantheism and Spiritualism, and showed
conclusively that they were all in opposition to the
reason aud common sense ot mankind — that all
all these systems failed to satisfy the cravings of the
immortal mind.
-Had the lecturer been a Mormon fie would have
fSboK?n, moreover, that the Christianity of this age
(so snitch boasted of) is as much opposed to file rea-
son and good sense ol true philosophers, and is as
ljttlo calculated to satisfy the cravings of the immor-
tal mind as infidelity.
He would have shown that ihe Christianity of this
age is not the Christianity of the Bible.
The Dr. said, “that among the evidences of Christ-
ianity were those of miracles and prophecy ; ” that a
miracle was the putting forth of divine power, as in
the case of the calling forth of Lazarus from the
dead ; that genuine prophecy consists in foretelling
future events which it is impossible for any human
visioh to forsee : he considered that infidels had not
examined one-seventieth part of this class of testi-
mony'..
W » t . . II • .1 luaujl IU » WAV VU J
lo llio obscure visiou ol political demagogues and city ; and it is worse, according to all account, in tne f or a favorable movement to commence, af-
• ■ ■ 1 . D ..1 ... » l.MMn lUL Annfiilanna SIX ( - 1 I V r _1*A Luivn
tion would prosper, and as a ship, ride triumphant
through overy storm the following arguments: This
corrupt editors, appear to be gathering only over
| Utah, are big with file future destiny of file Ameri-
country is far removed from the broils that disturb cau Union.
the old world, and In uo a dmigor from the weak na>
lions in this hemisphere. While other nations arc
engaged in disastrous ware, we are left free to send
the gospel of peace 16 the heathen. In this country
we have ns much liberty lis any man can desire, and
therefore there is no need of a revolution. Honesty,
industry, and economy will always secure a compe-
tency, and the elements or wealth are accessible to
all. Commercial interests bind the United States
together; all portions are mutually dependent upon
I each other. The lies of kindred are a strong bond ;
members of the same family are to be found scat-
tered over all the States.
The dangers to which this nation is exposed, the
lecturer considered to be as follows: The rapid in-
crease of wealth, and consequently luxury, dissipa-
tion, weakness ; hut this finds a salutary cheek in
momentary crises, and the frequency with which
wealth chnnges hands. The influx of foreigners —
but American and Christian influence operates upon
them and their children so as to prevent danger from
that .source ; Popery — but file people of this country
will never permit any potentate of Rome to dictate
to them ; Infidelity — but it has degenerated into ab-
olitionism, woman’s rights conventions, and spirit-
rapping, and will not last much longer ; the Slavery
question — but while there is much talk among a few
who ore tenacious of one extreme or other, the masses
of the people are more moderate, and have no idea
of resorting to desperate means when nothing is to
be gained by it; the decay of scund morals — but we
hope to counteract this by sending the gospel and
good books through the land.
After the lecturer had established peace and per-
„No one’ will think for a moment that the lecturer I ma nent prosperity' for our country and ourselves, and
intended to be underst